diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/zlib/files/Makefile.am
b/meta/recipes-core/zlib/files/Makefile.am
index b66d299..0458892 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/zlib/files/Makefile.am
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/zlib/files/Makefile.am
@@ -7,3 +7,6 @@ libz_la_SOURCES = adler32.c compress.c crc32.c gzlib.c
gzclose.c gzread.c \
 libz_la_LDFLAGS = -version-number 1:2:5 --version-script zlib.map
 
 include_HEADERS = zconf.h zlib.h zlibdefs.h
+
+pkgconfigdir = ${libdir}/pkgconfig
+pkgconfig_DATA = zlib.pc
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/zlib/files/configure.ac
b/meta/recipes-core/zlib/files/configure.ac
index 4761b7e..5698175 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/zlib/files/configure.ac
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/zlib/files/configure.ac
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ cat > zlibdefs.h << EOF
 #endif
 EOF
 
-AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile])
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile
+	         zlib.pc])
 
 AC_OUTPUT