diff --git a/data/meson.build b/data/meson.build
index b4175b63..a66b319c 100644
--- a/data/meson.build
+++ b/data/meson.build
@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@ configure_file(
   install: true,
   install_dir: pkgconfigdir,
 )
+configure_file(
+  input: 'sysprof-capture.pc.in',
+  output: 'sysprof-capture-@0@.pc'.format(libsysprof_api_version),
+  configuration: pkgconf,
+  install: true,
+  install_dir: pkgconfigdir,
+)
 if get_option('enable_gtk')
   configure_file(
     input: 'sysprof-ui.pc.in',
diff --git a/data/sysprof-capture.pc.in b/data/sysprof-capture.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7f30fbfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/sysprof-capture.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+prefix=@prefix@
+exec_prefix=${prefix}
+libdir=${exec_prefix}/lib
+includedir=${exec_prefix}/include
+
+Name: libsysprof-capture-@API_VERSION@
+Description: The sysprof profiler library for reading and writing capture files
+Version: @VERSION@
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lsysprof-capture-@API_VERSION@
+Cflags: -I${includedir}/sysprof-@API_VERSION@
+Requires: gobject-2.0