diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 38217504b99b8135221864a56edc10ac2f44bc1c..be1dbd0478d8d622a197f74f36b2dc3ffa0b4858 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -12,3 +12,5 @@ dist-hook:
 rpm: dist
 	rpm -ta $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION).tar.gz
 
+pkgconfigdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
+pkgconfig_DATA = jsbsim.pc
diff --git a/jsbsim.pc.in b/jsbsim.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..00565f68af97c458306e997f67bd844a5a94c14e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jsbsim.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+prefix=@prefix@
+exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
+
+Name: jsbsim
+Description: The jsbsim library
+Version: @VERSION@
+Cflags: -I@includedir@
+Libs: -L@libdir@ -ljsbsim