diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ffa01194a6cb..bad15bd16e46 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([
 	lib/libunicode/Makefile
 	lib/libuutil/Makefile
 	lib/libzpool/Makefile
+	lib/libzfs/libzfs.pc
+	lib/libzfs/libzfs_core.pc
 	lib/libzfs/Makefile
 	lib/libzfs_core/Makefile
 	lib/libshare/Makefile
diff --git a/lib/libzfs/Makefile.am b/lib/libzfs/Makefile.am
index 8b1f51782886..c66285e24964 100644
--- a/lib/libzfs/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/libzfs/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 include $(top_srcdir)/config/Rules.am
 
+libzfs_pcdir = $(datarootdir)/pkgconfig
+libzfs_pc_DATA = $(top_srcdir)/lib/libzfs/libzfs.pc $(top_srcdir)/lib/libzfs/libzfs_core.pc
+EXTRA_DIST = $(top_srcdir)/lib/libzfs/libzfs.pc $(top_srcdir)/lib/libzfs/libzfs_core.pc
+
 DEFAULT_INCLUDES += \
 	-I$(top_srcdir)/include \
 	-I$(top_srcdir)/lib/libspl/include
diff --git a/lib/libzfs/libzfs.pc.in b/lib/libzfs/libzfs.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..80f4c0ffd217
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/libzfs/libzfs.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+prefix=@prefix@
+exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
+libdir=@libdir@
+includedir=@includedir@
+
+Name: libzfs
+Description: LibZFS library
+Version: @VERSION@
+URL: http://zfsonlinux.org
+Requires: libzfs_core
+#Conflicts:
+Cflags: -I${includedir}
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lzfs
diff --git a/lib/libzfs/libzfs_core.pc.in b/lib/libzfs/libzfs_core.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c2e289995fbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/libzfs/libzfs_core.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+prefix=@prefix@
+exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
+libdir=@libdir@
+includedir=@includedir@
+
+Name: libzfs_core
+Description: LibZFS Core library
+Version: @VERSION@
+URL: http://zfsonlinux.org
+Cflags: -I${includedir}
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lzfs_core
diff --git a/rpm/generic/zfs.spec.in b/rpm/generic/zfs.spec.in
index b0917176dde2..c173b2c6e24a 100644
--- a/rpm/generic/zfs.spec.in
+++ b/rpm/generic/zfs.spec.in
@@ -280,6 +280,8 @@ exit 0
 %{_libdir}/libzfs*.so.*
 
 %files -n libzfs2-devel
+%{_datadir}/pkgconfig/libzfs.pc
+%{_datadir}/pkgconfig/libzfs_core.pc
 %{_libdir}/*.so
 %{_includedir}/*
 %doc AUTHORS COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER