diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5967e947d..62ca42aa8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -30,3 +30,4 @@ m4/ltsugar.m4
 m4/ltversion.m4
 doc/mdate-sh
 doc/texinfo.tex
+lightning.pc
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 78e427a60..031279d46 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ AC_SUBST(cpu)
 AC_SUBST([LIGHTNING_CFLAGS])
 
 AC_OUTPUT([Makefile
+	   lightning.pc
 	   doc/Makefile
 	   include/Makefile
 	   include/lightning/Makefile
diff --git a/lightning.pc.in b/lightning.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e13f7c0c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lightning.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+prefix=@prefix@
+exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
+libdir=@libdir@
+includedir=@includedir@
+
+Name: GNU Lightning
+Description: JIT library
+Version: @VERSION@
+Libs: -L${libdir} -llightning
+Cflags: -I${includedir}/
+
+