diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 32a0dd07..58214964 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,4 +16,3 @@ docs/build
 install_manifest.txt
 docs/doxygen/html/
 docs/doxygen/xml
-src/libspatialindex.pc
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f024fddd..4bb22456 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -244,6 +244,20 @@ install(FILES
   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libspatialindexConfigVersion.cmake
   DESTINATION ${LIB_INSTALL_DIR}/cmake/libspatialindex)
 
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# pkg-config support
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+if(NOT WIN32)
+  configure_file(
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/libspatialindex.pc.in
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libspatialindex.pc
+    @ONLY)
+
+  install(FILES
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libspatialindex.pc
+    DESTINATION ${LIB_INSTALL_DIR}/pkgconfig)
+endif()
+
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # CPack controls
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/libspatialindex.pc.in b/src/libspatialindex.pc.in
index c205248b..4db8b43c 100644
--- a/src/libspatialindex.pc.in
+++ b/src/libspatialindex.pc.in
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-prefix=@prefix@
-exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
-libdir=@libdir@
-includedir=@includedir@
+prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
+exec_prefix=${prefix}
+libdir=${prefix}/@LIB_INSTALL_DIR@
+includedir=${prefix}/@INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR@
 
 Name: libspatialindex 
 Description: Generic C/C++ library for spatial indexing
 Requires: 
-Version: @PACKAGE_VERSION@
-Libs: -L@libdir@ -lspatialindex
-Cflags: -I${includedir}/spatialindex
+Version: @SIDX_VERSION_STRING@
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lspatialindex
+Cflags: -I${includedir}