diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 5ed6554866..52ae4e9527 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -322,6 +322,10 @@ scripts/fsxs: scripts/fsxs.in
 ##
 ## misc
 ##
+
+pkgconfigdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
+pkgconfig_DATA = build/freeswitch.pc
+
 $(switch_builddir)/modules.conf:
 	if test -f $@; then touch $@; else cp $(switch_srcdir)/build/modules.conf.in $@ ;fi
 
diff --git a/build/freeswitch.pc.in b/build/freeswitch.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5a0463fdce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/freeswitch.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+prefix=@prefix@
+exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
+libdir=@libdir@
+libexecdir=@libexecdir@
+includedir=@includedir@
+modulesdir=@modulesdir@
+runtimedir=@runtimedir@
+logfiledir=@logfiledir@
+sysconfdir=@sysconfdir@
+dbdir=@dbdir@
+htdocsdir=@htdocsdir@
+localstatedir=@localstatedir@
+grammardir=@grammardir@
+soundsdir=@soundsdir@
+scriptdir=@scriptdir@
+recordingsdir=@recordingsdir@
+bindir=@bindir@
+
+Name: freeswitch
+Version: @PACKAGE_VERSION@
+Description: FreeSWITCH open source telephony platform
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lfreeswitch
+Cflags: -I${includedir}
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 0b7c30c1f1..d68842bdaa 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -871,6 +871,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile
                 src/include/switch_am_config.h
                 build/getsounds.sh
                 build/getlib.sh
+		build/freeswitch.pc
                 build/modmake.rules
                 libs/xmlrpc-c/include/xmlrpc-c/config.h
                 libs/xmlrpc-c/xmlrpc_config.h