diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 0e5a2b5e8177816b6cc6d235f406a1d936ba7407..fad747ac92e2b5ab3ce4ac6d298b257d31fa8d6f 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,18 +19,23 @@ set(hepnos-service-src service/HEPnOSService.cpp
 # load package helper for generating cmake CONFIG packages
 include (CMakePackageConfigHelpers)
 
-# where to install files for "find_package"
-set (hepnos-pkg "share/cmake/hepnos")
-
 #
 # library version set here (e.g. for shared libs).
 #
 set (HEPNOS_VERSION_MAJOR 0)
-set (HEPNOS_VERSION_MINOR 1)
-set (HEPNOS_VERSION_PATCH 2)
+set (HEPNOS_VERSION_MINOR 3)
+set (HEPNOS_VERSION_PATCH 0)
 set (hepnos-vers "${HEPNOS_VERSION_MAJOR}.${HEPNOS_VERSION_MINOR}")
 set (HEPNOS_VERSION "${hepnos-vers}.${HEPNOS_VERSION_PATCH}")
 
+# where to install files for "find_package"
+set (hepnos-pkg "share/cmake/hepnos")
+
+# some bits for the pkg-config file
+set (DEST_DIR "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}")
+set (PRIVATE_LIBS "-lhepnos")
+configure_file ("hepnos.pc.in" "hepnos.pc" @ONLY)
+
 add_library(hepnos ${hepnos-src})
 target_link_libraries (hepnos uuid thallium mercury margo yaml-cpp sdskv-client ch-placement)
 target_include_directories (hepnos PUBLIC $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:include>)
@@ -94,3 +99,5 @@ install (FILES ../include/hepnos.hpp
 		DESTINATION include)
 install (FILES ../include/hepnos-service.h
 		DESTINATION include)
+install (FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/hepnos.pc"
+		DESTINATION "lib/pkgconfig/")
diff --git a/src/hepnos.pc.in b/src/hepnos.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2c87ffa45880630afffb126f78ee9aa83aea32ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/hepnos.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+prefix=@DEST_DIR@
+exec_prefix=${prefix}
+libdir=${prefix}/lib
+includedir=${prefix}/include
+
+Name: HEPnOS
+Description: A distributed storage system for high energy physics applications.
+Version: @HEPNOS_VERSION@
+
+Requires: uuid yaml-cpp thallium sdskv-client ch-placement
+Libs: -L${libdir} @PRIVATE_LIBS@
+Cflags: -I${includedir}
+