diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a6dd2bcd1..080fe9d04 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -266,3 +266,19 @@ INSTALL (
     DESTINATION "${cmake_config_path}"
     COMPONENT msgpack-cxx
 )
+
+# Generate the pkgconfig file:
+SET(PKG_CONFIG_LIBS
+    "-L\${libdir}"
+)
+SET(PKG_CONFIG_CFLAGS
+    "-I\${includedir}"
+)
+
+CONFIGURE_FILE(
+  "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/pkg-config.pc.in"
+  "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${PROJECT_NAME}.pc"
+)
+
+INSTALL(FILES "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${PROJECT_NAME}.pc"
+        DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/pkgconfig)
diff --git a/cmake/pkg-config.pc.in b/cmake/pkg-config.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..18396252a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/pkg-config.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Name: ${PROJECT_NAME}
+Description: ${PROJECT_DESCRIPTION}
+Version: ${PROJECT_VERSION}
+prefix=${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}
+includedir=${prefix}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}
+libdir=${prefix}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
+Libs: ${PKG_CONFIG_LIBS}
+Cflags: ${PKG_CONFIG_CFLAGS}
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