diff --git a/apps/CMakeLists.txt b/apps/CMakeLists.txt
index 01a8446e04..39fe64f65c 100644
--- a/apps/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/apps/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -69,24 +69,39 @@ endif(APPLE AND PDAL_BUNDLE)
 
 if(UNIX OR APPLE)
 
-    get_directory_property(PDAL_DEFINITIONS DIRECTORY ${PDAL_SOURCE_DIR}/../src COMPILE_DEFINITIONS)
+    set(PKGCONFIG_LIBRARY_DEFINITIONS "")
+    set(PDAL_INCLUDE_DEFINITIONS "-I${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/include -I${Boost_INCLUDE_DIR} -I${GDAL_INCLUDE_DIR}")
+    set(PKGCONFIG_LIBRARY_DEFINITIONS "${PKGCONFIG_LIBRARY_DEFINITIONS} gdal")
 
-    set(PDAL_CONFIG_DEFINITIONS "")
-    foreach(definition ${PDAL_DEFINITIONS})
-        set(PDAL_CONFIG_DEFINITIONS "${PDAL_CONFIG_DEFINITIONS} -D${definition}")
-    endforeach()
+    if(LIBXML2_FOUND)
+        set(PKGCONFIG_LIBRARY_DEFINITIONS "${PKGCONFIG_LIBRARY_DEFINITIONS} libxml-2.0")
+        set(PDAL_INCLUDE_DEFINITIONS "${PDAL_INCLUDE_DEFINITIONS} -I${LIBXML2_INCLUDE_DIR}")
+    endif()
 
-    # Autoconf compatibility variables to use the same script source.
-    set(prefix ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX})
-    set(exec_prefix ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin)
-    set(libdir ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib)
+    if (GEOS_FOUND)
+        set(PKGCONFIG_LIBRARY_DEFINITIONS "${PKGCONFIG_LIBRARY_DEFINITIONS} geos")
+        set(PDAL_INCLUDE_DEFINITIONS "${PDAL_INCLUDE_DEFINITIONS} -I${GEOS_INCLUDE_DIR}")
+    endif()
+
+    if (LASZIP_FOUND)
+        set(PDAL_INCLUDE_DEFINITIONS "${PDAL_INCLUDE_DEFINITIONS} -I${LASZIP_INCLUDE_DIR}")
+    endif()
 
-    configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/pdal-config.in
-      ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/pdal-config @ONLY)
+    file(MAKE_DIRECTORY "${PDAL_OUTPUT_LIB_DIR}/pkgconfig/")
+    configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/pdal.pc.in
+                   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/pdal.pc @ONLY)
+    install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/pdal.pc
+        DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib/pkgconfig/"
+        PERMISSIONS OWNER_READ OWNER_WRITE GROUP_READ WORLD_READ)
 
-    install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/pdal-config
-      DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${PDAL_BIN_INSTALL_DIR}"
+
+
+    # Autoconf compatibility variables to use the same script source.
+    configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/pdal-config.in"
+                   "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/pdal-config" @ONLY)
+
+    install(PROGRAMS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/pdal-config"
+      DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin"
       PERMISSIONS
       OWNER_READ OWNER_EXECUTE GROUP_READ GROUP_EXECUTE WORLD_READ WORLD_EXECUTE)
-
 endif()
diff --git a/apps/pdal-config.in b/apps/pdal-config.in
index d4ee82caf7..4fb5963990 100644
--- a/apps/pdal-config.in
+++ b/apps/pdal-config.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-prefix=@prefix@
-exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
-libdir=@libdir@
+prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
+exec_prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/bin
+libdir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/lib
 
 
 usage()
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ if test $# -eq 0; then
 	usage 1 1>&2
 fi
 
-case $1 in 
-  --libs) 
-    echo $LIBS
+case $1 in
+  --libs)
+    echo -L@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/lib -lpdalcpp
     ;;
 
   --prefix)
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ case $1 in
     ;;
 
   --includes)
-    echo ${INCLUDES}
+    echo @PDAL_INCLUDE_DEFINITIONS@
     ;;
 
   --cflags)
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ case $1 in
   --cxxflags)
     echo @CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS@
     ;;
-    
+
   --version)
     echo @PDAL_VERSION_STRING@
     ;;
diff --git a/apps/pdal.pc.in b/apps/pdal.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c9cb7c4bb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/pdal.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
+exec_prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/bin
+libdir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/lib
+includedir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/include
+
+Name: PDAL
+Description: Point Data Abstraction Library
+Requires:  @PKGCONFIG_LIBRARY_DEFINITIONS@
+Version: @PDAL_VERSION_STRING@
+Libs: -L${libdir} -l@PDAL_LIB_NAME@
+Cflags: -I${includedir}/pdal  @PDAL_CONFIG_DEFINITIONS@
+
diff --git a/python/setup.py b/python/setup.py
index 21d9d438bf..ff3426144f 100644
--- a/python/setup.py
+++ b/python/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #
 # PDAL_LIBRARY_PATH: a path to a PDAL C++ shared library.
 #
-# GEOS_CONFIG: the path to a geos-config program that points to GEOS version,
+# GEOS_CONFIG: the path to a pdal-config program that points to GEOS version,
 # headers, and libraries.
 #
 # NB: within this setup scripts, software versions are evaluated according
@@ -37,6 +37,41 @@
 if 'all' in sys.warnoptions:
     log.level = logging.DEBUG
 
+
+# Second try: use PDAL_CONFIG environment variable
+if 'PDAL_CONFIG' in os.environ:
+    pdal_config = os.environ['GEOS_CONFIG']
+    log.debug('pdal_config: %s', pdal_config)
+else:
+    pdal_config = 'pdal-config'
+
+
+def get_pdal_config(option):
+    '''Get configuration option from the `pdal-config` development utility
+
+    This code was adapted from Shaply's pdal-config stuff
+    '''
+    import subprocess
+    pdal_config = globals().get('pdal_config')
+    if not pdal_config or not isinstance(pdal_config, str):
+        raise OSError('Path to pdal-config is not set')
+    try:
+        stdout, stderr = subprocess.Popen(
+            [pdal_config, option],
+            stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()
+    except OSError as ex:
+        # e.g., [Errno 2] No such file or directory
+        raise OSError(
+            'Could not find pdal-config %r: %s' % (pdal_config, ex))
+    if stderr and not stdout:
+        raise ValueError(stderr.strip())
+    if sys.version_info[0] >= 3:
+        result = stdout.decode('ascii').strip()
+    else:
+        result = stdout.strip()
+    log.debug('%s %s: %r', pdal_config, option, result)
+    return result
+
 # Get the version from the pdal module
 module_version = None
 with open('pdal/__init__.py', 'r') as fp:
@@ -75,13 +110,24 @@
 
 # FIXME: get this stuff from PDAL's pkg-config
 
+if pdal_config:
+    # Collect other options from PDAL
+    for item in get_pdal_config('--includes').split():
+        if item.startswith("-I"):
+            include_dirs.extend(item[2:].split(":"))
+    for item in get_pdal_config('--libs').split():
+        if item.startswith("-L"):
+            library_dirs.extend(item[2:].split(":"))
+        elif item.startswith("-l"):
+            libraries.append(item[2:])
+
 include_dirs.append(numpy.get_include())
-include_dirs.append('../include')
-include_dirs.append('../plugins/python/plang/')
-include_dirs.append('/usr/include/libxml2/')
-library_dirs.append('../lib')
-libraries.append('pdalcpp')
-libraries.append('pdal_plang')
+# include_dirs.append('../include')
+# include_dirs.append('../plugins/python/plang/')
+# include_dirs.append('/usr/include/libxml2/')
+# library_dirs.append('../lib')
+# libraries.append('pdalcpp')
+# libraries.append('pdal_plang')
 
 sources=['pdal/libpdalpython'+ext,"pdal/Pipeline.cpp",  ]
 
@@ -102,7 +148,7 @@
     requires            = ['Python (>=2.7)', ],
     description         = 'Point cloud data processing',
     license             = 'BSD',
-    keywords            = 'point cloud geospatial',
+    keywords            = 'point cloud pdalpatial',
     author              = 'Howard Butler',
     author_email        = 'howard@hobu.co',
     maintainer          = 'Howard Butler',