diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 01af5c4b0..c2b11a3b7 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ set(MAPNIK_LIB_DIR ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR} CACHE STRING "Install directory for l
 set(MAPNIK_ARCHIVE_DIR ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR} CACHE STRING "Install directory for archives")
 set(MAPNIK_INCLUDE_DIR ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR} CACHE STRING "Install directory for the headers")
 set(MAPNIK_CMAKE_DIR ${MAPNIK_LIB_DIR}/cmake/mapnik CACHE STRING "Install directory of the cmake targets")
+set(MAPNIK_PKGCONF_DIR ${MAPNIK_LIB_DIR}/pkgconfig CACHE STRING "Install directory for the .pc files for pkg-config")
 
 if(WIN32)
     set(DEFAULT_PLUGINS_INSTALL_DIR ${MAPNIK_BIN_DIR}/mapnik/input)
@@ -374,6 +375,7 @@ endif()
 
 # start package mapnik
 include(MapnikExport)
+include(MapnikExportPkgConfig)
 
 install(DIRECTORY include/ DESTINATION ${MAPNIK_INCLUDE_DIR})
 install(DIRECTORY deps/agg/include/ DESTINATION ${MAPNIK_INCLUDE_DIR})
diff --git a/cmake/MapnikExportPkgConfig.cmake b/cmake/MapnikExportPkgConfig.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e054de9f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/MapnikExportPkgConfig.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+function(create_pkg_config_file _lib_name _description)
+    string(CONFIGURE [[
+prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
+exec_prefix=${prefix}
+includedir=${prefix}/include
+libdir=${exec_prefix}/lib
+
+Name: @_lib_name@
+Description: @_description@
+Version: @MAPNIK_VERSION@
+Libs: -L"${libdir}" -l@_lib_name@
+Cflags: -I"${includedir}" ]] 
+    _contents @ONLY)
+
+    file(GENERATE
+        OUTPUT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${_lib_name}.pc
+        CONTENT "${_contents}"
+    )
+    install(
+        FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${_lib_name}.pc
+        DESTINATION ${MAPNIK_PKGCONF_DIR}
+    )
+endfunction()
+
+function(create_pkg_config_file_mapnik _lib_name _description)
+    get_target_property(_compile_defs core INTERFACE_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS)
+    string(JOIN " -D" _str_compile_defs ${_compile_defs})
+    if(_str_compile_defs) 
+        set(_str_compile_defs "-D${_str_compile_defs}")
+    endif()
+    string(CONFIGURE [[
+prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
+exec_prefix=${prefix}
+includedir=${prefix}/include
+libdir=${exec_prefix}/lib
+
+Name: @_lib_name@
+Description: @_description@
+Version: @MAPNIK_VERSION@
+Requires: libmapnikwkt libmapnikjson
+Libs: -L"${libdir}" -l@_lib_name@ -llibmapnikwkt -llibmapnikjson
+Cflags: -I"${includedir}" @_str_compile_defs@]] 
+    _contents @ONLY)
+    file(GENERATE
+        OUTPUT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${_lib_name}.pc
+        CONTENT "${_contents}"
+    )
+    install(
+        FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${_lib_name}.pc
+        DESTINATION ${MAPNIK_PKGCONF_DIR}
+    )
+endfunction()
+
+
+create_pkg_config_file(libmapnikwkt "wkt library")
+create_pkg_config_file(libmapnikjson "json library")
+create_pkg_config_file_mapnik("libmapnik" "mapnik library")
diff --git a/src/json/CMakeLists.txt b/src/json/CMakeLists.txt
index 0c334c2a3..01efdb819 100644
--- a/src/json/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/json/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ set_target_properties(json PROPERTIES
     POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON
     DEBUG_POSTFIX "${MAPNIK_DEBUG_POSTFIX}"
     OUTPUT_NAME "json"
-    PREFIX "libmapnik-"
+    PREFIX "libmapnik"
     VERSION ${MAPNIK_VERSION} 
     # see mapnik target for explanation
     SOVERSION ${MAPNIK_VERSION}
diff --git a/src/wkt/CMakeLists.txt b/src/wkt/CMakeLists.txt
index 7b1815705..7aef814ad 100644
--- a/src/wkt/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/wkt/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ set_target_properties(wkt PROPERTIES
     POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON
     DEBUG_POSTFIX "${MAPNIK_DEBUG_POSTFIX}"
     OUTPUT_NAME "wkt"
-    PREFIX "libmapnik-"
+    PREFIX "libmapnik"
     VERSION ${MAPNIK_VERSION} 
     # see mapnik target for explanation
     SOVERSION ${MAPNIK_VERSION}