diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index cf566f5e..168f0534 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -627,7 +627,6 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([
 	po/Makefile.in
 	lib/Makefile
 	src/Makefile
-	src/liblzma/liblzma.pc
 	src/liblzma/Makefile
 	src/liblzma/api/Makefile
 	src/xz/Makefile
diff --git a/src/liblzma/Makefile.am b/src/liblzma/Makefile.am
index 0529ff84..d8fd6a1d 100644
--- a/src/liblzma/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/liblzma/Makefile.am
@@ -88,3 +88,23 @@ endif
 pkgconfigdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
 pkgconfig_DATA = liblzma.pc
 EXTRA_DIST += liblzma.pc.in
+
+pc_verbose = $(pc_verbose_@AM_V@)
+pc_verbose_ = $(pc_verbose_@AM_DEFAULT_V@)
+pc_verbose_0 = @echo "  PC      " $@;
+
+liblzma.pc: $(srcdir)/liblzma.pc.in
+	$(AM_V_at)rm -f $@
+	$(pc_verbose)sed \
+		-e 's,@prefix[@],$(prefix),g' \
+		-e 's,@exec_prefix[@],$(exec_prefix),g' \
+		-e 's,@libdir[@],$(libdir),g' \
+		-e 's,@includedir[@],$(includedir),g' \
+		-e 's,@PACKAGE_URL[@],$(PACKAGE_URL),g' \
+		-e 's,@PACKAGE_VERSION[@],$(PACKAGE_VERSION),g' \
+		-e 's,@PTHREAD_CFLAGS[@],$(PTHREAD_CFLAGS),g' \
+		-e 's,@LIBS[@],$(LIBS),g' \
+		< $< > $@ || { rm -f $@; exit 1; }
+
+clean-local:
+	rm -f liblzma.pc