diff --git a/ares/Makefile.am b/ares/Makefile.am
index 36d4a2f51..0449c8b01 100644
--- a/ares/Makefile.am
+++ b/ares/Makefile.am
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ MSVCFILES = vc/adig/adig.dep vc/adig/adig.dsp vc/vc.dsw vc/ahost/ahost.dep \
 # adig and ahost are just sample programs and thus not mentioned with the
 # regular sources and headers
 EXTRA_DIST = CHANGES README.cares Makefile.inc adig.c ahost.c $(man_MANS) \
- $(MSVCFILES) AUTHORS config-win32.h RELEASE-NOTES
+ $(MSVCFILES) AUTHORS config-win32.h RELEASE-NOTES libcares.pc.in
 
 
 VER=-version-info 1:0:0
diff --git a/ares/configure.ac b/ares/configure.ac
index 67e92bafc..874901d9e 100644
--- a/ares/configure.ac
+++ b/ares/configure.ac
@@ -803,4 +803,4 @@ if test -n "$RANDOM_FILE" && test X"$RANDOM_FILE" != Xno ; then
         [a suitable file/device to read random data from])
 fi
 
-AC_OUTPUT(Makefile)
+AC_OUTPUT(Makefile libcares.pc)
diff --git a/ares/libcares.pc.in b/ares/libcares.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..315b2dfb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ares/libcares.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#***************************************************************************
+# Project        ___       __ _ _ __ ___  ___ 
+#               / __|____ / _` | '__/ _ \/ __|
+#              | (_|_____| (_| | | |  __/\__ \
+#               \___|     \__,_|_|  \___||___/
+# $id: $
+#
+prefix=@prefix@
+exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
+libdir=@libdir@
+includedir=@includedir@
+
+Name: c-ares
+URL: http://daniel.haxx.se/projects/c-ares/
+Description: asyncronous DNS lookup library
+Version: @VERSION@
+Requires: 
+Requires.private: 
+Cflags: -I${includedir}
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lcares