diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 9a1e7312..29941884 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 - support cmake as a build system (ParticleG <particle_g@outlook.com>)
 
+- add libreadtags-uninstalled.pc.in.
+
 # Version 0.3.0
 
 - fix calls to ctype functions (Colomban Wendling <ban@herbesfolles.org>)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e955e812..fa6e7ab7 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -59,5 +59,6 @@ AC_PROG_CC_C99
 
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile
 		libreadtags.pc
+		libreadtags-uninstalled.pc
 		tests/Makefile])
 AC_OUTPUT
diff --git a/libreadtags-uninstalled.pc.in b/libreadtags-uninstalled.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..67fe5219
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libreadtags-uninstalled.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+abs_top_srcdir=@abs_top_srcdir@
+abs_top_builddir=@abs_top_builddir@
+
+prefix=
+exec_prefix=
+libdir=${abs_top_builddir}
+includedir=${abs_top_builddir}
+
+Name: libreadtags Uninstalled
+Description: a library for looking up tag entries in tag files (Uninstalled)
+Version: @VERSION@
+Requires:
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lreadtags
+Cflags: -I${includedir}