diff --git a/.github/workflows/CI.yml b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
index 019f36fc16..87afdca745 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CI.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: gap-actions/setup-cygwin@v1
         if: ${{ runner.os == 'Windows' }}
         with:
-          PKGS_TO_INSTALL: 'wget,git,gcc-g++,gcc-core,m4,libgmp-devel,make,automake,libtool,autoconf,autoconf2.5,zlib-devel,libreadline-devel,libmpc-devel,libmpfr-devel,xdg-utils'
+          PKGS_TO_INSTALL: 'wget,git,gcc-g++,gcc-core,m4,libgmp-devel,make,automake,libtool,autoconf,autoconf2.5,zlib-devel,libreadline-devel,libmpc-devel,libmpfr-devel,xdg-utils,pkg-config'
 
       # There are two cygwin installs on github actions (ours,
       # and a preinstalled one which we can't use as not enough packages are installed.
@@ -228,8 +228,9 @@ jobs:
                    fi
                    sudo apt-get update
                    sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends "${packages[@]}"
+                   sudo apt-get install pkg-config
                elif [ "$RUNNER_OS" == "macOS" ]; then
-                   brew install gmp zlib
+                   brew install gmp zlib pkg-config
                fi
                python -m pip install gcovr
 
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 18242da9f9..221570f6e9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 /confdefs.h
 /conftest*
 /libtool
+/libgap.pc
 /src/config.h.in
 /src/config.h.in~
 
diff --git a/Makefile.rules b/Makefile.rules
index 8a855a6c89..1b10dfa1c8 100644
--- a/Makefile.rules
+++ b/Makefile.rules
@@ -532,6 +532,7 @@ clean:
 	rm -f bin/gap.sh sysinfo.gap*
 	rm -f gap$(EXEEXT) gac ffgen
 	rm -f libgap.la
+	rm -f libgap.pc
 	rm -rf .libs
 	rm -f doc/wsp.g
 	rm -f cnf/GAP-*
@@ -656,10 +657,12 @@ install-headers: $(FFDATA_H) build/version.h
 	# Create a symlink to support packages using `#include "src/compiled.h"`
 	ln -sfn . $(DESTDIR)$(includedir)/gap/src
 
-install-libgap: libgap.la
+install-libgap: libgap.la libgap.pc
 	@echo "Warning, 'make install-libgap' is incomplete"
 	$(INSTALL) -d -m 0755 $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)
 	$(LTINSTALL) -s libgap.la $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)
+	$(INSTALL) -d -m 0755 $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/pkgconfig
+	$(INSTALL) -m 0644 libgap.pc $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/pkgconfig
 
 
 .PHONY: install install-bin install-doc install-gaproot install-headers install-libgap
@@ -1258,6 +1261,28 @@ testlibgap: ${LIBGAPTESTS}
 		$(v) -A -l $(top_srcdir) -q -T --nointeract >$(v).out && \
 		diff $(top_srcdir)/$(v).expect $(v).out && ) :
 
+# test libgap's pkg-config's libgap version reporting
+testpkgconfigversion: install-libgap
+ifeq ($(shell PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/pkgconfig pkg-config --modversion libgap), $(PACKAGE_VERSION))
+	@echo "pkg-config reports correct version of libgap: "$(PACKAGE_VERSION)
+else
+	@echo "pkg-config does not report version of libgap, or is not installed"
+	exit 1
+endif
+
+# test libgap's pkg-config's libgap flags fetching
+testpkgconfigbuild: install-libgap install-headers
+	$(eval PKG_REPORTED_CFLAGS := $(shell PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/pkgconfig pkg-config --cflags libgap | cut -d' ' -f 1)/gap)
+	$(eval PKG_REPORTED_LDFLAGS := $(shell PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/pkgconfig pkg-config --libs libgap))
+	$(eval v := "tst/testlibgap/basic")
+	$(eval com := "tst/testlibgap/common")
+	$(CC) -c $(v).c -o $(v).o $(PKG_REPORTED_CFLAGS)
+	$(CC) -c $(com).c -o $(com).o $(PKG_REPORTED_CFLAGS)
+	$(QUIET_LINK)$(LINK) $(v).o -o $(v) $(com).o $(PKG_REPORTED_LDFLAGS)
+	$(v) -A -l $(top_srcdir) -q -T --nointeract >$(v).out && \
+        diff $(top_srcdir)/$(v).expect $(v).out
+
+
 KERNELTESTS := $(addprefix tst/testkernel/,dstruct)
 
 # run a test in tst/testkernel
@@ -1279,6 +1304,7 @@ testkernel: ${KERNELTESTS}
 
 .PHONY: testinstall testmanuals testobsoletes teststandard testbugfix
 .PHONY: testpackage testpackages testpackagesload testpackagesvars
+.PHONY: testpkgconfigbuild testpkgconfigversion
 .PHONY: check
 
 ########################################################################
@@ -1469,6 +1495,9 @@ build/stamp-h: $(srcdir)/src/config.h.in config.status
 	$(SHELL) ./config.status build/config.h
 	echo > $@
 
+libgap.pc: $(srcdir)/libgap.pc.in config.status
+	@$(SHELL) ./config.status $@
+
 ifneq ($(MAINTAINER_MODE),no)
 $(srcdir)/src/config.h.in: $(configure_deps)
 	@if command -v autoheader >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then \
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9b3b254211..11fb93ee65 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1027,6 +1027,7 @@ AC_SUBST([GAP_DEFINES], [$GAP_DEFINES])
 
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([GNUmakefile])
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([CITATION])
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([libgap.pc])
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([doc/make_doc], [chmod +x doc/make_doc])
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([doc/versiondata])
 AC_OUTPUT
diff --git a/dev/ci.sh b/dev/ci.sh
index 4691246199..53653a2784 100755
--- a/dev/ci.sh
+++ b/dev/ci.sh
@@ -236,6 +236,7 @@ GAPInput
     test -f $GAPPREFIX/include/gap/version.h
     test -f $GAPPREFIX/include/gap/src/compiled.h # for backwards compatibility
     test -f $GAPPREFIX/lib/gap/sysinfo.gap
+    test -f $GAPPREFIX/lib/pkgconfig/libgap.pc
     test -f $GAPPREFIX/share/gap/doc/ref/chap0_mj.html
     test -f $GAPPREFIX/share/gap/grp/basic.gd
     test -f $GAPPREFIX/share/gap/hpcgap/lib/hpc/tasks.g
@@ -257,6 +258,12 @@ GAPInput
     # TODO: should we install the GAP test suite???
     cp -R $SRCDIR/tst $GAPPREFIX/share/gap/
     $GAPPREFIX/bin/gap $GAPPREFIX/share/gap/tst/testinstall.g
+
+    # test integration with pkg-config
+    cd "$SRCDIR"
+    # make install # might be actually needed for testpkgconfigbuild
+    make testpkgconfigversion
+    make testpkgconfigbuild
     ;;
 
   testmanuals)
diff --git a/libgap.pc.in b/libgap.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fcb41135ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libgap.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+prefix=@prefix@
+exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
+libdir=@libdir@
+includedir=@prefix@/include
+
+Name: GAP
+Description: Library containing the kernel of GAP, a computer algebra system
+URL: https://www.gap-system.org
+Version: @GAP_VERSION@
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lgap
+Cflags: -I${includedir}