diff --git a/cmake/install.cmake b/cmake/install.cmake
index 28dc90dc3f35..4a64f9e0d71f 100644
--- a/cmake/install.cmake
+++ b/cmake/install.cmake
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 include(GNUInstallDirs)
 
+configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/protobuf.pc.cmake
+               ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/protobuf.pc @ONLY)
+configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/protobuf-lite.pc.cmake
+               ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/protobuf-lite.pc @ONLY)
+
 foreach(_library
   libprotobuf-lite
   libprotobuf
@@ -99,6 +104,8 @@ export(TARGETS libprotobuf-lite libprotobuf libprotoc protoc
   FILE ${CMAKE_INSTALL_CMAKEDIR}/protobuf-targets.cmake
 )
 
+install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/protobuf.pc ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/protobuf-lite.pc DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/pkgconfig")
+
 install(EXPORT protobuf-targets
   DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_CMAKEDIR}"
   NAMESPACE protobuf::
diff --git a/cmake/protobuf-lite.pc.cmake b/cmake/protobuf-lite.pc.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cbe5426afa43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/protobuf-lite.pc.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
+exec_prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
+libdir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@
+includedir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR@
+
+Name: Protocol Buffers
+Description: Google's Data Interchange Format
+Version: @protobuf_VERSION@
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lprotobuf-lite @CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT@
+Cflags: -I${includedir} @CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT@
+Conflicts: protobuf
diff --git a/cmake/protobuf.pc.cmake b/cmake/protobuf.pc.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d33e98cca8f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/protobuf.pc.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
+exec_prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
+libdir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@
+includedir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR@
+
+Name: Protocol Buffers
+Description: Google's Data Interchange Format
+Version: @protobuf_VERSION@
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lprotobuf @CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT@
+Cflags: -I${includedir} @CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT@
+Conflicts: protobuf-lite