diff --git a/ports/readline-win32/CMakeLists.txt b/ports/readline-win32/CMakeLists.txt
index ae560029d1..57ddf21df8 100644
--- a/ports/readline-win32/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ports/readline-win32/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -64,3 +64,10 @@ install(TARGETS readline
 install(EXPORT unofficial-readline-win32-config
     NAMESPACE unofficial::readline-win32::
     DESTINATION share/unofficial-readline-win32)
+
+Set(prefix "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}")
+Set(exec_prefix "\${prefix}")
+Set(libdir "\${prefix}/lib")
+Set(includedir "\${prefix}/include")
+configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/readline.pc.in" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/readline.pc" @ONLY)
+install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/readline.pc" DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/pkgconfig")
diff --git a/ports/readline-win32/portfile.cmake b/ports/readline-win32/portfile.cmake
index a3641df868..5dfb0a9e15 100644
--- a/ports/readline-win32/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/readline-win32/portfile.cmake
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ vcpkg_from_github(
 
 file(COPY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/CMakeLists.txt" DESTINATION "${SOURCE_PATH}/src/readline/5.0/readline-5.0-src")
 file(COPY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/config.h" DESTINATION "${SOURCE_PATH}/src/readline/5.0/readline-5.0-src")
-
+file(COPY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/readline.pc.in" DESTINATION "${SOURCE_PATH}/src/readline/5.0/readline-5.0-src")
 vcpkg_cmake_configure(
     SOURCE_PATH "${SOURCE_PATH}/src/readline/5.0/readline-5.0-src"
 )
@@ -16,9 +16,10 @@ vcpkg_cmake_configure(
 vcpkg_cmake_install()
 
 vcpkg_cmake_config_fixup(PACKAGE_NAME unofficial-readline-win32)
+vcpkg_fixup_pkgconfig()
 
 file(REMOVE_RECURSE "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/share" "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/include")
 
 vcpkg_copy_pdbs()
 
-file(INSTALL "${SOURCE_PATH}/src/readline/5.0/readline-5.0-src/COPYING" DESTINATION "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/${PORT}" RENAME copyright)
+vcpkg_install_copyright(FILE_LIST "${SOURCE_PATH}/src/readline/5.0/readline-5.0-src/COPYING")
diff --git a/ports/readline-win32/readline.pc.in b/ports/readline-win32/readline.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ff79d71178
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/readline-win32/readline.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+prefix=@prefix@
+exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
+libdir=@libdir@
+includedir=@includedir@
+
+Name: Readline
+Description: Gnu Readline library for command line editing
+URL: http://tiswww.cwru.edu/php/chet/readline/rltop.html
+Version: @LIBVERSION@
+Requires.private: @TERMCAP_PKG_CONFIG_LIB@
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lreadline
+Cflags: -I${includedir}
diff --git a/ports/readline-win32/vcpkg.json b/ports/readline-win32/vcpkg.json
index 61bf5f62a1..4406cb315b 100644
--- a/ports/readline-win32/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/readline-win32/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "readline-win32",
   "version": "5.0",
-  "port-version": 5,
+  "port-version": 6,
   "description": "Implementation of readline for Windows Desktop",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/lltcggie/readline",
   "license": null,
diff --git a/ports/readline/portfile.cmake b/ports/readline/portfile.cmake
index 45db4f37a1..a9543d16b8 100644
--- a/ports/readline/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/readline/portfile.cmake
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ if(VCPKG_CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "WindowsStore")
 endif()
 
 set(VCPKG_POLICY_EMPTY_PACKAGE enabled)
+FILE(INSTALL "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/usage" DESTINATION "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/${PORT}")
diff --git a/ports/readline/usage b/ports/readline/usage
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6127e2ac6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/readline/usage
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+the package readline can be used under windows via:
+
+    find_package(unofficial-readline-win32 CONFIG REQUIRED)
+    target_link_libraries(main PRIVATE unofficial::readline-win32::readline)
+
+The package readline can be imported via the CMake FindPkgConfig module:
+    
+    find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
+    pkg_check_modules(readline REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET readline)
+    target_link_libraries(main PRIVATE PkgConfig::readline)
diff --git a/ports/readline/vcpkg.json b/ports/readline/vcpkg.json
index ae7aec6b49..a021fe3b3a 100644
--- a/ports/readline/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/readline/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "readline",
   "version": "0",
-  "port-version": 4,
+  "port-version": 5,
   "description": "GNU readline and history libraries",
   "supports": "!uwp",
   "dependencies": [
diff --git a/versions/baseline.json b/versions/baseline.json
index b672d2603f..9277889b44 100644
--- a/versions/baseline.json
+++ b/versions/baseline.json
@@ -7150,7 +7150,7 @@
     },
     "readline": {
       "baseline": "0",
-      "port-version": 4
+      "port-version": 5
     },
     "readline-osx": {
       "baseline": "2020-01-04",
@@ -7162,7 +7162,7 @@
     },
     "readline-win32": {
       "baseline": "5.0",
-      "port-version": 5
+      "port-version": 6
     },
     "readosm": {
       "baseline": "1.1.0a",
diff --git a/versions/r-/readline-win32.json b/versions/r-/readline-win32.json
index 9776c9f0bf..88e1b5f8dc 100644
--- a/versions/r-/readline-win32.json
+++ b/versions/r-/readline-win32.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "c54e93659340794a88b8122fde8123941f0be228",
+      "version": "5.0",
+      "port-version": 6
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "19f9684f55a9aa01b5612a5ebec47960f51bacdd",
       "version": "5.0",
diff --git a/versions/r-/readline.json b/versions/r-/readline.json
index a15bb5ea84..26acc5d439 100644
--- a/versions/r-/readline.json
+++ b/versions/r-/readline.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "f4d85b7efb4b5a01e60852a81a351971c8c5dd78",
+      "version": "0",
+      "port-version": 5
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "24b7f806888a5db397f8d737e361e2c9e5025c1f",
       "version": "0",