diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0006638..d0f22a3 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -38,3 +38,20 @@ option(SAM3_BUILD_TESTS "Build test executables" OFF)
 if(SAM3_BUILD_TESTS)
     add_subdirectory(tests)
 endif()
+
+# install
+include(GNUInstallDirs)
+
+install(TARGETS sam3
+    ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
+    LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
+)
+install(FILES sam3.h DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR})
+
+configure_file(
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/sam3.pc.in
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/sam3.pc
+    @ONLY
+)
+install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/sam3.pc
+    DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/pkgconfig)
diff --git a/sam3.pc.in b/sam3.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6bde01c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sam3.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
+exec_prefix=${prefix}
+libdir=${prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@
+includedir=${prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR@
+
+Name: sam3
+Description: Segment Anything Model 3 inference library (bundles ggml)
+Version: @PROJECT_VERSION@
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lsam3 -lggml -lggml-cpu -lggml-base
+Cflags: -I${includedir}