diff --git a/src/libstore/nix-store.pc.in b/src/libstore/nix-store.pc.in
index dc42d0bca..cd3f2b8da 100644
--- a/src/libstore/nix-store.pc.in
+++ b/src/libstore/nix-store.pc.in
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@ includedir=@includedir@
 Name: Nix
 Description: Nix Package Manager
 Version: @PACKAGE_VERSION@
-Libs: -L${libdir} -lnixstore -lnixutil
+Requires: nix-util
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lnixstore
 Cflags: -I${includedir}/nix -std=c++2a
diff --git a/src/libutil/local.mk b/src/libutil/local.mk
index 5cd8d4ac8..e9b498e65 100644
--- a/src/libutil/local.mk
+++ b/src/libutil/local.mk
@@ -40,3 +40,5 @@ $(foreach i, $(wildcard $(d)/signature/*.hh), \
 ifeq ($(HAVE_LIBCPUID), 1)
   libutil_LDFLAGS += -lcpuid
 endif
+
+$(eval $(call install-file-in, $(buildprefix)$(d)/nix-util.pc, $(libdir)/pkgconfig, 0644))
diff --git a/src/libutil/nix-util.pc.in b/src/libutil/nix-util.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..85bb1e70e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libutil/nix-util.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+prefix=@prefix@
+libdir=@libdir@
+includedir=@includedir@
+
+Name: Nix
+Description: Nix Package Manager
+Version: @PACKAGE_VERSION@
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lnixutil
+Cflags: -I${includedir}/nix -std=c++2a