diff --git a/Protobuf-C++.podspec b/Protobuf-C++.podspec
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ffcb1a744c94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Protobuf-C++.podspec
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+Pod::Spec.new do |s|
+  s.name     = 'Protobuf-C++'
+  s.version  = '3.9.0-rc1'
+  s.summary  = 'Protocol Buffers v3 runtime library for C++.'
+  s.homepage = 'https://github.com/google/protobuf'
+  s.license  = '3-Clause BSD License'
+  s.authors  = { 'The Protocol Buffers contributors' => 'protobuf@googlegroups.com' }
+  s.cocoapods_version = '>= 1.0'
+
+  s.source = { :git => 'https://github.com/google/protobuf.git',
+               :tag => "v#{s.version}" }
+
+  s.source_files = 'src/google/protobuf/*.{h,cc,inc}',
+                   'src/google/protobuf/stubs/*.{h,cc}',
+                   'src/google/protobuf/io/*.{h,cc}',
+                   'src/google/protobuf/util/*.{h,cc}',
+                   'src/google/protobuf/util/internal/*.{h,cc}'
+
+  # Excluding all the tests in the directories above
+  s.exclude_files = 'src/google/**/*_test.{h,cc,inc}',
+                    'src/google/**/*_unittest.{h,cc}',
+                    'src/google/protobuf/test_util*.{h,cc}',
+                    'src/google/protobuf/map_lite_test_util.{h,cc}',
+                    'src/google/protobuf/map_test_util*.{h,cc,inc}'
+
+  s.header_mappings_dir = 'src'
+
+  s.ios.deployment_target = '7.0'
+  s.osx.deployment_target = '10.9'
+  s.tvos.deployment_target = '9.0'
+  s.watchos.deployment_target = '2.0'
+
+  s.pod_target_xcconfig = {
+    # Do not let src/google/protobuf/stubs/time.h override system API
+    'USE_HEADERMAP' => 'NO',
+    'ALWAYS_SEARCH_USER_PATHS' => 'NO',
+
+    # Configure tool is not being used for Xcode. When building, assume pthread is supported.
+    'GCC_PREPROCESSOR_DEFINITIONS' => '"$(inherited)" "HAVE_PTHREAD=1"',
+  }
+
+end
diff --git a/update_version.py b/update_version.py
index 311b25c59f06..ddb2480c1ea5 100755
--- a/update_version.py
+++ b/update_version.py
@@ -250,6 +250,11 @@ def UpdateObjectiveC():
       r"^  s.version  = '.*'$",
       "  s.version  = '%s'" % GetFullVersion(rc_suffix = '-rc'),
       line))
+  RewriteTextFile('Protobuf-C++.podspec',
+    lambda line : re.sub(
+      r"^  s.version  = '.*'$",
+      "  s.version  = '%s'" % GetFullVersion(rc_suffix = '-rc'),
+      line))
 
 
 def UpdatePhp():