diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0f0ddd3..9e931b2 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ add_compile_options(-ansi -pedantic -Wall -Wextra -Werror -Wstrict-prototypes -W
 #variables for pkg-config
 set(prefix ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX})
 set(libdir "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib")
+set(version ${CJSON_VERSION})
 
 #cJSON
 set(PROJ_CJSON cJSON)
diff --git a/libcjson.pc.in b/libcjson.pc.in
index e04d5ee..aac3262 100644
--- a/libcjson.pc.in
+++ b/libcjson.pc.in
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 prefix=@prefix@
 libdir=@libdir@
 includedir=${prefix}/include/cJSON
+version=@version@
 
-Name: libcJSON
-Version: 1.0
+Name: libcjson
+Version: ${version}
 Description: Ultralightweight JSON parser in ANSI C
-Libs: -L${libdir} -lcJSON
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lcjson
 Cflags: -I${includedir}