diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/prometheus-cpp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/prometheus-cpp/default.nix
index 5377d2b96d00..3714e2c89e6b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/prometheus-cpp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/prometheus-cpp/default.nix
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   NIX_LDFLAGS = "-ldl";
 
+  postInstall = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/lib/pkgconfig
+    substituteAll ${./prometheus-cpp.pc.in} $out/lib/pkgconfig/prometheus-cpp.pc
+  '';
+
   meta = {
     description = "Prometheus Client Library for Modern C++";
     homepage = "https://github.com/jupp0r/prometheus-cpp";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/prometheus-cpp/prometheus-cpp.pc.in b/pkgs/development/libraries/prometheus-cpp/prometheus-cpp.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c373f4153b55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/prometheus-cpp/prometheus-cpp.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+prefix=@out@
+includedir=${prefix}/include
+libdir=${prefix}/lib
+
+Name: prometheus-cpp
+Description: Prometheus Client Library for Modern C++
+URL: https://github.com/jupp0r/prometheus-cpp
+Version: @version@
+Cflags: -isystem${includedir}
+Libs: -Wl,-rpath,${libdir} -L${libdir} -lprometheus-cpp-core -lprometheus-cpp-pull -lprometheus-cpp-push