diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index f8cf18283..d97516bf3 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ CONFIG = ordered
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
 
 pkgconfigdir = @pkgconfigdir@
-pkgconfig_DATA = client/unifyfs.pc
+pkgconfig_DATA = client/unifyfs.pc \
+		 client/unifyfs-api.pc
 
 CLEANFILES =
 
diff --git a/client/unifyfs-api.pc.in b/client/unifyfs-api.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..38f01314f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/unifyfs-api.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+prefix=@prefix@
+exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
+libdir=@libdir@
+includedir=@includedir@
+
+Name: UnifyFS
+Description: client library for UnifyFS unified burst buffer file system
+Version: @LIBUNIFYFS_API_VERSION@
+Requires:
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lunifyfs_api
+Cflags: -I${includedir}
+
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 54b3daca4..3a70a0446 100755
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -390,6 +390,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile
                  client/Makefile
                  client/src/Makefile
                  client/unifyfs.pc
+                 client/unifyfs-api.pc
                  examples/Makefile
                  examples/src/Makefile
                  extras/Makefile