diff --git a/repos/libports/recipes/api/zlib/content.mk b/repos/libports/recipes/api/zlib/content.mk
index a7ee40a583..abe94aa24f 100644
--- a/repos/libports/recipes/api/zlib/content.mk
+++ b/repos/libports/recipes/api/zlib/content.mk
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-content: include lib/symbols/zlib LICENSE FindZLIB.cmake
+content: include lib/symbols/zlib LICENSE FindZLIB.cmake zlib.pc
 
 PORT_DIR := $(call port_dir,$(REP_DIR)/ports/zlib)
 
@@ -14,3 +14,11 @@ LICENSE:
 
 FindZLIB.cmake:
 	echo 'set(ZLIB_FOUND True)' > $@
+
+VERSION := $(shell sed -n 's/VERSION.*:=[ ]*\(.*\)/\1/p' $(REP_DIR)/ports/zlib.port)
+
+zlib.pc:
+	echo "Name: zlib" > $@
+	echo "Description: zlib compression library" >> $@
+	echo "Version: $(VERSION)" >> $@
+	echo "Libs: -l:zlib.lib.so" >> $@