diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3713b1e2a6..015a189047 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ stubdom/newlib-1.*
 stubdom/newlib-x86*
 stubdom/ocaml-*
 stubdom/pciutils-*
+stubdom/pkg-config/*
 stubdom/polarssl-*
 stubdom/stubdompath.sh
 stubdom/tpm_emulator-*
@@ -179,6 +180,7 @@ tools/include/xen/*
 tools/include/xen-xsm/*
 tools/include/xen-foreign/*.(c|h|size)
 tools/include/xen-foreign/checker
+tools/libxc/*.pc
 tools/libxl/_libxl.api-for-check
 tools/libxl/*.api-ok
 tools/libxl/*.pc
@@ -204,6 +206,7 @@ tools/misc/xen-hvmctx
 tools/misc/xenlockprof
 tools/misc/lowmemd
 tools/misc/xencov
+tools/pkg-config/*
 tools/xentrace/xenalyze
 tools/pygrub/build/*
 tools/python/build/*
diff --git a/stubdom/Makefile b/stubdom/Makefile
index 39b81c9c83..c6458e81a6 100644
--- a/stubdom/Makefile
+++ b/stubdom/Makefile
@@ -318,6 +318,7 @@ define do_links
   cd $(dir $@); \
   ln -sf $(dir $<)include/*.h include/; \
   ln -sf $(dir $<)*.[ch] .; \
+  ln -sf $(dir $<)*.pc.in .; \
   ln -sf $(dir $<)Makefile .
   touch $@
 endef
@@ -623,6 +624,7 @@ clean:
 	rm -fr grub-$(XEN_TARGET_ARCH)
 	rm -f $(STUBDOMPATH)
 	rm -f *-minios-config.mk
+	rm -fr pkg-config
 	[ ! -e libs-$(XEN_TARGET_ARCH)/toollog/Makefile ] || $(MAKE) DESTDIR= -C libs-$(XEN_TARGET_ARCH)/toollog clean
 	[ ! -e libs-$(XEN_TARGET_ARCH)/evtchn/Makefile ] || $(MAKE) DESTDIR= -C libs-$(XEN_TARGET_ARCH)/evtchn clean
 	[ ! -e libs-$(XEN_TARGET_ARCH)/gnttab/Makefile ] || $(MAKE) DESTDIR= -C libs-$(XEN_TARGET_ARCH)/gnttab clean
diff --git a/tools/Makefile b/tools/Makefile
index 3e15463567..5cadb16da2 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile
+++ b/tools/Makefile
@@ -111,9 +111,10 @@ uninstall:
 
 .PHONY: clean
 clean: subdirs-clean
+	rm -rf pkg-config
 
 .PHONY: distclean
-distclean: subdirs-distclean
+distclean: subdirs-distclean clean
 	rm -rf qemu-xen-traditional-dir qemu-xen-traditional-dir-remote
 	rm -rf qemu-xen-dir qemu-xen-dir-remote
 	rm -rf ../config/Tools.mk config.h config.log config.status \
diff --git a/tools/Rules.mk b/tools/Rules.mk
index 52bdd1a2d0..e676c6b665 100644
--- a/tools/Rules.mk
+++ b/tools/Rules.mk
@@ -245,3 +245,16 @@ ifeq (,$(findstring clean,$(MAKECMDGOALS)))
 $(XEN_ROOT)/config/Tools.mk:
 	$(error You have to run ./configure before building or installing the tools)
 endif
+
+$(PKG_CONFIG_DIR)/%.pc: %.pc.in Makefile
+	mkdir -p $(PKG_CONFIG_DIR)
+	@sed -e 's!@@version@@!$(PKG_CONFIG_VERSION)!g' \
+	     -e 's!@@prefix@@!$(PKG_CONFIG_PREFIX)!g' \
+	     -e 's!@@incdir@@!$(PKG_CONFIG_INCDIR)!g' \
+	     -e 's!@@libdir@@!$(PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR)!g' < $< > $@
+
+%.pc: %.pc.in Makefile
+	@sed -e 's!@@version@@!$(PKG_CONFIG_VERSION)!g' \
+	     -e 's!@@prefix@@!$(PKG_CONFIG_PREFIX)!g' \
+	     -e 's!@@incdir@@!$(PKG_CONFIG_INCDIR)!g' \
+	     -e 's!@@libdir@@!$(PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR)!g' < $< > $@
diff --git a/tools/libxc/Makefile b/tools/libxc/Makefile
index da689c435c..a161ba71bd 100644
--- a/tools/libxc/Makefile
+++ b/tools/libxc/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 XEN_ROOT = $(CURDIR)/../..
+PKG_CONFIG_DIR = ../pkg-config
 include $(XEN_ROOT)/tools/Rules.mk
 
 MAJOR    = 4.9
@@ -159,6 +160,22 @@ endif
 $(CTRL_LIB_OBJS) $(GUEST_LIB_OBJS) \
 $(CTRL_PIC_OBJS) $(GUEST_PIC_OBJS): xc_private.h
 
+PKG_CONFIG := xencontrol.pc
+PKG_CONFIG_VERSION := $(MAJOR).$(MINOR)
+
+ifneq ($(CONFIG_LIBXC_MINIOS),y)
+PKG_CONFIG_INST := $(PKG_CONFIG)
+$(PKG_CONFIG_INST): PKG_CONFIG_PREFIX = $(prefix)
+$(PKG_CONFIG_INST): PKG_CONFIG_INCDIR = $(includedir)
+$(PKG_CONFIG_INST): PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR = $(libdir)
+endif
+
+PKG_CONFIG_LOCAL := $(foreach pc,$(PKG_CONFIG),$(PKG_CONFIG_DIR)/$(pc))
+
+$(PKG_CONFIG_LOCAL): PKG_CONFIG_PREFIX = $(XEN_ROOT)
+$(PKG_CONFIG_LOCAL): PKG_CONFIG_INCDIR = $(XEN_LIBXC)/include
+$(PKG_CONFIG_LOCAL): PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR = $(CURDIR)
+
 .PHONY: all
 all: build
 
@@ -167,12 +184,13 @@ build:
 	$(MAKE) libs
 
 .PHONY: libs
-libs: $(LIB)
+libs: $(LIB) $(PKG_CONFIG_INST) $(PKG_CONFIG_LOCAL)
 
 .PHONY: install
 install: build
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(DESTDIR)$(includedir)
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(DESTDIR)$(PKG_INSTALLDIR)
 	$(INSTALL_SHLIB) libxenctrl.so.$(MAJOR).$(MINOR) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) libxenctrl.a $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)
 	$(SYMLINK_SHLIB) libxenctrl.so.$(MAJOR).$(MINOR) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/libxenctrl.so.$(MAJOR)
@@ -183,6 +201,7 @@ install: build
 	$(SYMLINK_SHLIB) libxenguest.so.$(MAJOR).$(MINOR) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/libxenguest.so.$(MAJOR)
 	$(SYMLINK_SHLIB) libxenguest.so.$(MAJOR) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/libxenguest.so
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) include/xenguest.h $(DESTDIR)$(includedir)
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) xencontrol.pc $(DESTDIR)$(PKG_INSTALLDIR)
 
 .PHONY: TAGS
 TAGS:
@@ -192,6 +211,7 @@ TAGS:
 clean:
 	rm -rf *.rpm $(LIB) *~ $(DEPS) \
             _paths.h \
+	    xencontrol.pc \
             $(CTRL_LIB_OBJS) $(CTRL_PIC_OBJS) \
             $(GUEST_LIB_OBJS) $(GUEST_PIC_OBJS)
 
diff --git a/tools/libxc/xencontrol.pc.in b/tools/libxc/xencontrol.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..213206fd63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/libxc/xencontrol.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+prefix=@@prefix@@
+includedir=@@incdir@@
+libdir=@@libdir@@
+
+Name: Xencontrol
+Description: The Xencontrol library for Xen hypervisor
+Version: @@version@@
+Cflags: -I${includedir}
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lxenctrl