diff --git a/mastodont.pc b/mastodont.pc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..33be142
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mastodont.pc
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+prefix=/usr/local
+exec_prefix=${prefix}
+includedir=${prefix}/include
+libdir=${exec_prefix}/lib
+
+Name: mastodont
+Description: The mastodont library
+Version: 0.0.1
+Cflags: -I${includedir}/mastodont
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lmastodont
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diff --git a/premake4.lua b/premake4.lua
index 42b8fcc..dbc5a32 100644
--- a/premake4.lua
+++ b/premake4.lua
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ language("C");
 files { "include/*.h", "src/*.c" };
 includedirs { "include/" };
 
-configuration { "linux", "bsd", "gmake" }
-	linkoptions { "`curl-config --libs`" }
-	linkoptions { "`pkg-config --libs cjson`" }
+configuration { "linux", "bsd", "gmake" };
+	linkoptions { "`curl-config --libs`" };
+	linkoptions { "`pkg-config --libs cjson`" };
 
 configuration { "Debug" };
 	defines { "DEBUG" };
@@ -20,3 +20,19 @@ configuration { "Release" };
 	defines { "NDEBUG" };
 	flags("Optimize");
 -- END Mastodont-c
+
+local prefix = os.getenv("PREFIX") or "/usr/local";
+local pkgconfig_path = os.getenv("PKG_CONFIG_PATH") or
+                       (os.isdir(prefix .. "/pkgconfig") and prefix .. "/pkgconfig") or
+                       prefix .. "/share/pkgconfig";
+
+newaction {
+	trigger = "install",
+	description = "install the library",
+	execute = function()
+		os.copyfile("libmastodont.a", prefix .. "/lib");
+		os.execute("install -d include/ " .. prefix .. "/include");
+		os.mkdir(pkgconfig_path);
+		os.copyfile("mastodont.pc", pkgconfig_path .. "/mastodont.pc");
+	end
+}
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