diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index cf3853a..6059594 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
 AM_CFLAGS = -O3
 AM_CXXFLAGS = -O3
 SUBDIRS = lib applications examples
-EXTRA_DIST = COPYRIGHT
+EXTRA_DIST = COPYRIGHT libGDSII.pc.in
 
+pkgconfigdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
+pkgconfig_DATA = libGDSII.pc
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c0dc0fc..e2ee731 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNCS([isnan isinf erf erfc copysign])
 ##################################################
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([
  Makefile
- libGDSII-pkgconfig
+ libGDSII.pc
  lib/Makefile
  applications/Makefile
  examples/Makefile
diff --git a/libGDSII-pkgconfig.in b/libGDSII.pc.in
similarity index 100%
rename from libGDSII-pkgconfig.in
rename to libGDSII.pc.in