diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c9e1c5948..e7c94e080 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 **Features**:
 
+- Add pkg-config support ([#1411](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-native/pull/1411))
 - Add support for outgoing W3C traceparent header propagation with the `propagate_traceparent` option. ([#1394](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-native/pull/1394))
 
 **Fixes**:
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 35d4dd544..47c644b9f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ if("${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}" STREQUAL "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}")
 endif()
 
 option(SENTRY_ENABLE_INSTALL "Enable sentry installation" "${SENTRY_MAIN_PROJECT}")
+option(SENTRY_INSTALL_PKGCONFIG "Generate and install pkg-config file" ON)
 
 if(MSVC AND CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET MATCHES "_xp$")
 	message(WARNING "Crashpad is not supported for MSVC with XP toolset. Default backend was switched to 'breakpad'")
@@ -819,3 +820,29 @@ if(SENTRY_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
 	    "$<$<PLATFORM_ID:Android>:-Wl,-z,max-page-size=16384>"
 	)
 endif()
+
+# Generate and install pkg-config file
+if(SENTRY_INSTALL_PKGCONFIG)
+  set(PREFIX "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}")
+  set(PKGCONFIG_VERSION "${SENTRY_VERSION_FULL}")
+  # Use absolute paths for libdir and includedir to support non-standard layouts (e.g., lib64)
+  if(IS_ABSOLUTE "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}")
+    set(PKGCONFIG_LIBDIR "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}")
+  else()
+    set(PKGCONFIG_LIBDIR "\${prefix}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}")
+  endif()
+  if(IS_ABSOLUTE "${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}")
+    set(PKGCONFIG_INCLUDEDIR "${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}")
+  else()
+    set(PKGCONFIG_INCLUDEDIR "\${prefix}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}")
+  endif()
+  configure_file(
+    "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/sentry.pc.in"
+    "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/sentry.pc"
+    @ONLY
+  )
+  sentry_install(
+    FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/sentry.pc"
+    DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/pkgconfig"
+  )
+endif()
diff --git a/sentry.pc.in b/sentry.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2162f3456
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sentry.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+prefix=@PREFIX@
+exec_prefix=${prefix}
+libdir=@PKGCONFIG_LIBDIR@
+includedir=@PKGCONFIG_INCLUDEDIR@
+
+Name: sentry
+Description: Sentry SDK for C, C++ and native applications
+Version: @PKGCONFIG_VERSION@
+URL: https://sentry.io/
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lsentry
+Cflags: -I${includedir}