diff --git a/apps/CMakeLists.txt b/apps/CMakeLists.txt
index 4b5645010d..23dbc8e3d0 100644
--- a/apps/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/apps/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -53,45 +53,76 @@ install(TARGETS ${PDAL_UTILITIES}
 
 if(UNIX)
 
-  if(WITH_PKGCONFIG)
-    
+    get_directory_property(PDAL_DEFINITIONS DIRECTORY ${PDAL_SOURCE_DIR}/../src COMPILE_DEFINITIONS)   
+
+    set(PDAL_CONFIG_DEFINITIONS "")
+    foreach(definition ${PDAL_DEFINITIONS})
+        set(PDAL_CONFIG_DEFINITIONS "${PDAL_CONFIG_DEFINITIONS} -D${definition}")
+    endforeach()
+
+
     set(PKGCFG_PREFIX "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}")
-    set(PKGCFG_INC_DIR "${PDAL_INCLUDE_SUBDIR}")
-    set(PKGCFG_LIB_DIR "${PDAL_LIB_SUBDIR}")
+    set(PKGCFG_EXEC_PREFIX "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${PDAL_BIN_DIR}")
+    set(PKGCFG_INC_DIR "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${PDAL_INCLUDE_DIR}")
+    set(PKGCFG_LIB_DIR "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${PDAL_LIB_DIR}")
     set(PKGCFG_REQUIRES  "")
-    set(PKGCFG_VERSION ${VERSION})
-    set(PKGCFG_LINK_FLAGS "-lpdal")
+    set(PKGCFG_VERSION ${PDAL_VERSION_STRING})
+    set(PKGCFG_LINK_FLAGS "-lpdalcpp")
     set(PKGCFG_COMPILE_FLAGS "")
     if(LIBXML2_FOUND)
-      set(PKGCFG_REQUIRES "${PKGCFG_REQUIRES} libxml-2.0")
+      set(PKGCFG_REQUIRES "${PKGCFG_REQUIRES} libxml2-dev")
     endif()
     if(GEOTIFF_FOUND)
-      set(PKGCFG_REQUIRES "${PKGCFG_REQUIRES} geotiff")
+      set(PKGCFG_REQUIRES "${PKGCFG_REQUIRES} libgeotiff-dev")
     endif()
-    
-  else()
+    if (GDAL_FOUND)
+        set(PKGCFG_REQUIRES "${PKGCFG_REQUIRES} libgdal-dev")
+    endif()
+    if (LASZIP_FOUND)
+        set(PKGCFG_REQUIRES "${PKGCFG_REQUIRES} laszip")
+    endif()
+    if (P2G_FOUND)
+        set(PKGCFG_REQUIRES "${PKGCFG_REQUIRES} points2grid")
+    endif()
+    if (NITRO_FOUND)
+        set(PKGCFG_REQUIRES "${PKGCFG_REQUIRES} nitro-cpp")
+    endif()
+    if (POSTGRESQL_FOUND)
+        set(PKGCFG_REQUIRES "${PKGCFG_REQUIRES} libpq-dev")
+    endif()
+    if (MSGPACK_FOUND)
+        set(PKGCFG_REQUIRES "${PKGCFG_REQUIRES} libmsgpack-dev")
+    endif()
+    if (SOCI_FOUND)
+        set(PKGCFG_REQUIRES "${PKGCFG_REQUIRES} libmsgpack-dev")
+    endif()
+
+    if (NOT PDAL_EMBED_BOOST)
+        set(PKGCFG_REQUIRES "${PKGCFG_REQUIRES} libboost-dev")
+    endif()
+
+
+
+    configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/pdal.pc.in
+      ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/pdal.pc @ONLY)
 
+    install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/pdal.pc
+        DESTINATION ${PDAL_PKGCFG_DIR}
+        PERMISSIONS OWNER_READ OWNER_WRITE GROUP_READ WORLD_READ)
+    
     # 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)
 
-    get_directory_property(PDAL_DEFINITIONS DIRECTORY ${PDAL_SOURCE_DIR}/ COMPILE_DEFINITIONS)   
-
-    set(PDAL_CONFIG_DEFINITIONS "")
-    foreach(definition ${PDAL_DEFINITIONS})
-        set(PDAL_CONFIG_DEFINITIONS "${PDAL_CONFIG_DEFINITIONS} -D${definition}")
-    endforeach()
 
      
     configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/pdal-config.in
       ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/pdal-config @ONLY)
       
     install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/pdal-config
-      DESTINATION bin/
+      DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${PDAL_BIN_DIR}"
       PERMISSIONS
       OWNER_READ OWNER_EXECUTE GROUP_READ GROUP_EXECUTE WORLD_READ WORLD_EXECUTE)
 
-  endif()
-
 endif()
diff --git a/apps/pdal-config.in b/apps/pdal-config.in
index 97f57f3808..60107c8ca8 100644
--- a/apps/pdal-config.in
+++ b/apps/pdal-config.in
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ case $1 in
     ;;
 
   --defines)
-    echo @LIBLPC_CONFIG_DEFINITIONS@
+    echo @PDAL_CONFIG_DEFINITIONS@
     ;;
 
   --includes)
diff --git a/apps/pdal.pc.in b/apps/pdal.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..28ae2d69dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/pdal.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+prefix=@PKGCFG_PREFIX@
+exec_prefix=@PKGCFG_EXEC_PREFIX@
+libdir=@PKGCFG_LIB_DIR@
+includedir=@PKGCFG_INC_DIR@
+
+Name: PDAL
+Description: Point Data Abstraction Library
+Requires: @PKGCFG_REQUIRES@
+Version: @PKGCFG_VERSION@
+Libs: -L${libdir} @PKGCFG_LINK_FLAGS@
+Cflags: -I${includedir}/pdal @PDAL_CONFIG_DEFINITIONS@
+