diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 86bb2dc0..06e48eb1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2007-2009 Roy Marples <roy@marples.name>
 # All rights reserved. Released under the 2-clause BSD license.
 
-NAME=		openrc
-VERSION=	0.5.0
-PKG=		${NAME}-${VERSION}
+include Makefile.inc
 
 SUBDIR=		conf.d etc init.d man sh src
 
@@ -16,6 +14,14 @@ _OLDNET_SH=	case "${MKOLDNET}" in \
 _OLDNET!=	${_OLDNET_SH}
 SUBDIR+=	${_OLDNET}$(shell ${_OLDNET_SH})
 
+# Build pkgconfig or not
+_PKGCONFIG_SH=	case "${MKPKGCONFIG}" in \
+		[Yy][Ee][Ss]|"") echo "pkgconfig";; \
+		*) echo "";; \
+		esac
+_PKGCONFIG!=	${_PKGCONFIG_SH}
+SUBDIR+=	${_PKGCONFIG}$(shell ${_PKGCONFIG_SH})
+
 # We need to ensure that runlevels is done last
 SUBDIR+=	runlevels
 
diff --git a/Makefile.inc b/Makefile.inc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a23b0918
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+NAME=		openrc
+VERSION=	0.5.0
+PKG=		${NAME}-${VERSION}
diff --git a/README b/README
index f287e25b..3e64f628 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ PROGLDFLAGS=-static
 LIBNAME=lib64
 DESTDIR=/tmp/openrc-image
 MKPAM=pam
+MKPKGCONFIG=no
 MKTERMCAP=ncurses
 MKTERMCAP=termcap
 MKOLDNET=yes
diff --git a/pkgconfig/.gitignore b/pkgconfig/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e50bf9c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgconfig/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+einfo.pc
+openrc.pc
diff --git a/pkgconfig/Makefile b/pkgconfig/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cdcf8be8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgconfig/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+DIR=	${LIBDIR}/pkgconfig
+SRCS=	einfo.pc.in openrc.pc.in
+INC=	einfo.pc openrc.pc
+
+sed -n -e 's/^VERSION=[[:space:]]*\([^[:space:]]*\).*/#define VERSION "\1${GITVER}\"/p' ../../Makefile > version.h
+
+SED_EXTRA=	-e 's:@VERSION@:${VERSION}:g'
+
+MK=	../mk
+include ../Makefile.inc
+include ${MK}/scripts.mk
diff --git a/pkgconfig/einfo.pc.in b/pkgconfig/einfo.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b5242a66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgconfig/einfo.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+prefix=@PREFIX@
+exec_prefix=${prefix}
+libdir=${prefix}/@LIB@
+includedir=/usr/include
+
+Name: einfo
+Description: Pretty console informational display
+Version: @VERSION@
+Libs: -L${libdir} -leinfo
diff --git a/pkgconfig/openrc.pc.in b/pkgconfig/openrc.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9a8a9165
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgconfig/openrc.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+prefix=@PREFIX@
+exec_prefix=${prefix}
+libdir=${prefix}/@LIB@
+includedir=/usr/include
+
+Name: OpenRC
+Description: Universal init system
+Version: @VERSION@
+Cflags: -I${includedir}
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lrc
diff --git a/src/rc/Makefile b/src/rc/Makefile
index b5fc189f..78b862df 100644
--- a/src/rc/Makefile
+++ b/src/rc/Makefile
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ CPPFLAGS+=	-I../includes -I../librc -I../libeinfo
 LDFLAGS+=	-L../librc -L../libeinfo
 LDADD+=		-lutil -lrc -leinfo
 
+include ../../Makefile.inc
 MK=		../../mk
 include ${MK}/debug.mk
 include ${MK}/prog.mk
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ include ${MK}/${MKPAM}.mk
 
 ${SRCS}: version.h
 version.h:
-	sed -n -e 's/^VERSION=[[:space:]]*\([^[:space:]]*\).*/#define VERSION "\1${GITVER}\"/p' ../../Makefile > version.h
+	echo "#define VERSION \"${VERSION}${GITVER}\"" >version.h
 	if test -n "${BRANDING}"; then \
 		echo "#define BRANDING \"${BRANDING}\"" >> version.h; \
 	fi