diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 82c455ddcb8..9fde92a3a85 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([
 	libudev/docs/Makefile
 	libudev/docs/version.xml
 	udev/Makefile
+	udev/udev.pc
 	rules/Makefile
 	extras/Makefile
 	extras/ata_id/Makefile
diff --git a/udev/Makefile.am b/udev/Makefile.am
index 5f6f7c54c00..6c0b94e2cf7 100644
--- a/udev/Makefile.am
+++ b/udev/Makefile.am
@@ -71,7 +71,11 @@ dist_man_MANS = \
 	udevadm.8 \
 	udevd.8
 
+pkgconfigdir = $(datadir)/pkgconfig
+pkgconfig_DATA = udev.pc
+
 EXTRA_DIST = \
+	udev.pc.in \
 	udev.xml \
 	udevadm.xml \
 	udevd.xml
diff --git a/udev/udev.pc.in b/udev/udev.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..92a8b3ee173
--- /dev/null
+++ b/udev/udev.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Name: udev
+Description: udev
+Version: @VERSION@
+
+udevdir=@libexecdir@