diff --git a/src/bindings/go-elektra/CMakeLists.txt b/src/bindings/go-elektra/CMakeLists.txt
index 64afc462eb0..e5e67f36649 100644
--- a/src/bindings/go-elektra/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/bindings/go-elektra/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ find_program (GO_EXECUTABLE go)
 if (GO_EXECUTABLE)
 	add_binding (go-elektra)
 
+	# create temporary elektra.pc file
+	configure_file ("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/temp.elektra.pc" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/elektra.pc" @ONLY)
+
 	# build
 	add_custom_command (
 		OUTPUT "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/lib/libelektra.golib"
diff --git a/src/bindings/go-elektra/kdb/kdb.go b/src/bindings/go-elektra/kdb/kdb.go
index 1f05c9bd072..efeb6032cae 100644
--- a/src/bindings/go-elektra/kdb/kdb.go
+++ b/src/bindings/go-elektra/kdb/kdb.go
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package kdb
 
-// #cgo pkg-config: elektra
+// #cgo pkg-config: go-elektra
 // #include <kdb.h>
 import "C"
 
diff --git a/src/bindings/go-elektra/temp.elektra.pc b/src/bindings/go-elektra/temp.elektra.pc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c056aa9c916
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bindings/go-elektra/temp.elektra.pc
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+prefix="@CMAKE_BINARY_DIR@"
+libdir=${prefix}/lib
+srcinclude=${prefix}/src/include
+buildinclude="@CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR@"/src/include
+
+Name: @PACKAGE_NAME@
+Description: @PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION@
+Version: @KDB_VERSION@
+Cflags: -I${srcinclude} -I${buildinclude}
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lelektra