diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e90f861e..c4fce78d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ debian/files
 debian/shadowsocks.substvars
 debian/*.debhelper*
 .dirstamp
+shadowsocks.pc
 
 # Ignore garbage of OS X
 *.DS_Store
diff --git a/shadowsocks.pc.in b/shadowsocks.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..af0aba16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shadowsocks.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+prefix=@prefix@
+exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
+libdir=@libdir@
+includedir=@includedir@
+
+Name: shadowsocks
+Description: a lightweight secured scoks5
+URL: http://shadowsocks.org
+Version: @VERSION@
+Requires:
+Libs: -I${includedir}
+Cflags: -L${libdir} -lshadowsocks -lcrypto