diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9f3cf19ba..95816bbf1 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 cmake_minimum_required( VERSION 2.6 )
 PROJECT( Assimp )
+SET ( PROJECT_VERSION "1.1" )
 
 INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES( include )
 
@@ -20,6 +21,9 @@ SET( INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/include" CACHE PATH
 SET( BIN_INSTALL_DIR "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin" CACHE PATH
 	"Path the tool executables are installed to." )
 
+CONFIGURE_FILE (assimp.pc.in assimp.pc @ONLY )
+INSTALL( FILES assimp.pc.in DESTINATION ${LIB_INSTALL_DIR}/pkgconfig/assimp.pc )
+
 # Libs
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY( code/ )
 IF ( WIN32 )
diff --git a/assimp.pc.in b/assimp.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c9d2828c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assimp.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
+exec_prefix=@BIN_INSTALL_DIR@
+libdir=@LIB_INSTALL_DIR@
+includedir=@INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR@/assimp
+
+Name: @CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME@
+Description: Import various well-known 3D model formats in an uniform manner.
+Version: @PROJECT_VERSION@
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lassimp
+Cflags: -I${includedir}