diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f7ba4fa38..372a7a03a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1)
 ## PROJECT
 ## name and version
 ##
-project(nlohmann_json VERSION 3.8.0 LANGUAGES CXX)
+project(nlohmann_json VERSION 3.8.0 DESCRIPTION "JSON for Modern C++" LANGUAGES CXX)
 
 ##
 ## INCLUDE
@@ -79,6 +79,12 @@ if (MSVC)
     )
 endif()
 
+# Install a pkg-config file, so other tools can find this.
+CONFIGURE_FILE(
+  "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/pkg-config.pc.in"
+  "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${PROJECT_NAME}.pc"
+)
+
 ##
 ## TESTS
 ## create and configure the unit test target
@@ -139,4 +145,8 @@ endif()
         NAMESPACE ${PROJECT_NAME}::
         DESTINATION ${NLOHMANN_JSON_CONFIG_INSTALL_DIR}
     )
+    install(
+        FILES "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${PROJECT_NAME}.pc"
+        DESTINATION lib/pkgconfig
+    )
 endif()
diff --git a/cmake/pkg-config.pc.in b/cmake/pkg-config.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..680f10c26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/pkg-config.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Name: ${PROJECT_NAME}
+Description: ${PROJECT_DESCRIPTION}
+Version: ${PROJECT_VERSION}
+Cflags: -I${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}