diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e7cb7bef..080d103c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -443,6 +443,7 @@ AH_VERBATIM([NDEBUG], [/* Always evaluate assert() calls */
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile
                  dist-build/Makefile
                  libsodium.pc
+                 libsodium-uninstalled.pc
                  msvc-scripts/Makefile
                  src/Makefile
                  src/libsodium/Makefile
diff --git a/libsodium-uninstalled.pc.in b/libsodium-uninstalled.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3f960e51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libsodium-uninstalled.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+Name: @PACKAGE_NAME@
+Version: @PACKAGE_VERSION@
+Description: A portable, cross-compilable, installable, packageable fork of NaCl, with a compatible API.
+
+Libs: -L${pcfiledir}/src/libsodium -lsodium
+Cflags: -I${pcfiledir}/src/libsodium/include