diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
 
+pkgconfigdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
+
 # both srcdir and builddir are needed because config.h ends up in builddir
 AM_CPPFLAGS = -DSYSCONFDIR='"$(sysconfdir)"' \
 	-DLOCALSTATEDIR='"$(localstatedir)"' \
@@ -18,6 +20,8 @@ include_HEADERS = src/client/distren.h
 lib_LTLIBRARIES = libdistren.la
 pkglib_LTLIBRARIES = libdistrencommon.la
 
+nodist_pkgconfig_DATA = libdistren.pc
+
 # libdistrencommon.la:
 libdistrencommon_la_SOURCES = src/common/asprintf.c src/common/asprintf.h \
 	src/common/execio.c src/common/execio.h \