diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3618361..1b8fe98 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,12 +10,16 @@ aclocal.m4
 autom4te.cache
 compile
 config.h*
+config.guess
 config.log
 config.status
+config.sub
 configure
 depcomp
 install-sh
 klogd.service
+libtool
+ltmain.sh
 missing
 stamp-h1
 syslogd.service
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 11b1c6f..32f2a53 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 AC_INIT([sysklogd], [2.0-beta1], [https://github.com/troglobit/sysklogd/issues],,
 	[https://github.com/troglobit/sysklogd])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11 foreign])
+LT_INIT
 AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])
 
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/syslogd.c])
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_HEADER([config.h])
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile
 		 man/Makefile
 		 src/Makefile
+		 src/libsyslog.pc
 		 test/Makefile
 		 klogd.service
 		 syslogd.service])
diff --git a/src/.gitignore b/src/.gitignore
index dd37664..9a0d0d8 100644
--- a/src/.gitignore
+++ b/src/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 *.o
+*.lo
+.libs/*
 klogd
 logger
 syslogd
 syslog_tst
 tsyslogd
+libsyslog.la
+libsyslog.pc
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index bbd9a0b..7a6213a 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -19,21 +19,31 @@ AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = subdir-objects
 
 bin_PROGRAMS     = logger
 sbin_PROGRAMS    = syslogd klogd
+lib_LTLIBRARIES  = libsyslog.la
 
 AM_CFLAGS        = -W -Wall -Wextra
 AM_CFLAGS       += -Wno-unused-result -Wno-unused-parameter
 AM_CFLAGS       += -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-strength-reduce
 
-syslogd_SOURCES  = syslogd.c pidfile.c pidfile.h
+syslogd_SOURCES  = syslogd.c syslog.h pidfile.c pidfile.h
 syslogd_CPPFLAGS = -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=600 -D_BSD_SOURCE -D_DEFAULT_SOURCE
 syslogd_LDADD    = $(LIBS) $(LIBOBJS)
 
-klogd_SOURCES    = klogd.c klogd.h syslog.c pidfile.c pidfile.h \
+klogd_SOURCES    = klogd.c klogd.h syslog.h pidfile.c pidfile.h \
 		   ksym.c ksyms.h ksym_mod.c module.h
 klogd_CPPFLAGS   = -DALLOW_KERNEL_LOGGING -D_BSD_SOURCE -D_DEFAULT_SOURCE
 klogd_LDADD      = $(LIBS) $(LIBOBJS)
+klogd_LDADD     += libsyslog.la
 
-logger_SOURCES   = logger.c syslog.c
+logger_SOURCES   = logger.c syslog.h
 logger_CPPFLAGS  = -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=600 -D_BSD_SOURCE -D_DEFAULT_SOURCE
 logger_LDADD     = $(LIBS) $(LIBOBJS)
+logger_LDADD    += libsyslog.la
 
+pkgconfigdir          = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
+pkgincludedir         = $(includedir)/syslog
+pkgconfig_DATA        = libsyslog.pc
+pkginclude_HEADERS    = syslog.h
+libsyslog_la_SOURCES  = syslog.c syslog.h
+libsyslog_la_CPPFLAGS = -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=600 -D_BSD_SOURCE -D_DEFAULT_SOURCE
+libsyslog_la_LDFLAGS  = $(AM_LDFLAGS) -version-info 0:0:0
diff --git a/src/libsyslog.pc.in b/src/libsyslog.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0c8c55a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libsyslog.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+prefix=@prefix@
+exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
+libdir=@libdir@
+includedir=@includedir@
+
+Name: @PACKAGE@
+Description: RFC5424 compliant syslogp() API and syslog() replacement from sysklogd
+Version: @VERSION@
+Requires:
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lsyslog
+Cflags: -I${includedir}
+