diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c9946ce63..8de594cef 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.2.3)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12)
 
 if(POLICY CMP0135)
   cmake_policy(SET CMP0135 NEW)
@@ -1000,6 +1000,13 @@ install(FILES
 
 include(tools/cmake/cpack.cmake)
 
+include(FindPkgConfig QUIET)
+if(PKG_CONFIG_FOUND)
+  configure_file("${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/tools/pkg-config/stumpless.pc.in" "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/tools/pkg-config/stumpless.pc" @ONLY)
+  install(FILES "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/tools/pkg-config/stumpless.pc"
+    DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib/pkgconfig")
+endif()
+
 
 # functionality tests
 add_function_test(buffer
diff --git a/tools/pkg-config/stumpless.pc.in b/tools/pkg-config/stumpless.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d0d5b84f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/pkg-config/stumpless.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
+exec_prefix=${prefix}
+libdir=${exec_prefix}/lib
+includedir=${prefix}/include
+
+Name: @CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME@
+Description: C logging library built for high performance and a rich feature set
+Version: @CMAKE_PROJECT_VERSION@
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lstumpless
+Cflags: -I${includedir}