diff --git a/openldap.spec b/openldap.spec
index f2d51ce..ee212d4 100644
--- a/openldap.spec
+++ b/openldap.spec
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 Name: openldap
 Version: 2.4.40
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Release: 3%{?dist}
 Summary: LDAP support libraries
 Group: System Environment/Daemons
 License: OpenLDAP
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ libraries, and documentation for OpenLDAP.
 Summary: LDAP development libraries and header files
 Group: Development/Libraries
 Requires: openldap%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}, cyrus-sasl-devel%{?_isa}
+Requires: pkgconfig
 
 %description devel
 The openldap-devel package includes the development libraries and
@@ -246,6 +247,20 @@ make LDAP_INC="-I../openldap-%{version}/include \
  -I../openldap-%{version}/build-servers/include"
 popd
 
+# generate openldap.pc
+echo "prefix=/usr
+exec_prefix=/usr
+libdir=%{_libdir}
+includedir=%{_includedir}
+
+Name: %{name}
+Description: LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) development libraries
+URL: http://www.openldap.org/
+Version: %{version}
+Libs: -L\${libdir} -lldap
+Cflags: -I\${includedir}
+" > openldap.pc
+
 %install
 
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/
@@ -350,6 +365,10 @@ mv %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/openldap/DB_CONFIG.example %{buildroot}%{_datadir}
 chmod 0644 openldap-%{version}/servers/slapd/back-sql/rdbms_depend/timesten/*.sh
 chmod 0644 %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/openldap-servers/DB_CONFIG.example
 
+# package generated openldap.pc
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/pkgconfig/
+install -m 0644 openldap.pc %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/pkgconfig/
+
 # remove files which we don't want packaged
 rm -f %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/*.la
 rm -f %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/openldap/*.so
@@ -572,10 +591,15 @@ exit 0
 %files devel
 %doc openldap-%{version}/doc/drafts openldap-%{version}/doc/rfc
 %{_libdir}/lib*.so
+%{_libdir}/pkgconfig/
+%{_libdir}/pkgconfig/openldap.pc
 %{_includedir}/*
 %{_mandir}/man3/*
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Dec  9 2014 Jan Synáček <jsynacek@redhat.com> - 2.4.40-3
+- enhancement: generate openldap.pc (#1171493)
+
 * Fri Nov 14 2014 Jan Synáček <jsynacek@redhat.com> - 2.4.40-2
 - enhancement: support TLSv1 and later (#1160466)