diff --git a/hdf5/repos/community-x86_64/PKGBUILD b/hdf5/repos/community-x86_64/PKGBUILD
index db9267df556..d128844253c 100644
--- a/hdf5/repos/community-x86_64/PKGBUILD
+++ b/hdf5/repos/community-x86_64/PKGBUILD
@@ -16,9 +16,17 @@ depends=('zlib' 'bash')
 makedepends=('time' 'gcc-fortran')
 replaces=('hdf5-cpp-fortran')
 provides=('hdf5-cpp-fortran')
-source=("https://support.hdfgroup.org/ftp/HDF5/releases/${pkgname}-${pkgver:0:4}/${pkgname}-${pkgver/_/-}/src/${pkgname}-${pkgver/_/-}.tar.bz2")
+source=("https://support.hdfgroup.org/ftp/HDF5/releases/${pkgname}-${pkgver:0:4}/${pkgname}-${pkgver/_/-}/src/${pkgname}-${pkgver/_/-}.tar.bz2"
+        "hdf5.pc")
 # https://support.hdfgroup.org/ftp/HDF5/releases/${pkgname}-${pkgver:0:4}/${pkgname}-${pkgver/_/-}/src/${pkgname}-${pkgver/_/-}.md5
-md5sums=('d89893c05ee7ea8611b51bb39450d64e')
+md5sums=('d89893c05ee7ea8611b51bb39450d64e'
+         'ec7268ed180f79bcb29aa6fae7575453')
+
+prepare() {
+  cd "${srcdir}/$pkgname-$pkgver"
+  cp "${srcdir}/hdf5.pc" hdf5.pc
+  sed -i -e "s/@UPSTREAM_VER@/${pkgver}/" hdf5.pc
+}
 
 build() {
     cd ${pkgname}-${pkgver/_/-}
@@ -48,4 +56,6 @@ package() {
     mv "${pkgdir}"/usr/share/{hdf5_examples,${pkgname}/examples}
 
     install -Dm644 COPYING "${pkgdir}"/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}/LICENSE
+
+    install -Dm644 hdf5.pc "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/pkgconfig/hdf5.pc"
 }
diff --git a/hdf5/repos/community-x86_64/hdf5.pc b/hdf5/repos/community-x86_64/hdf5.pc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7a483404bbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hdf5/repos/community-x86_64/hdf5.pc
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+prefix=/usr
+exec_prefix=${prefix}
+libdir=${exec_prefix}/lib
+includedir=${prefix}/include
+
+Name: HDF5
+Description: Hierarchical Data Format 5 (HDF5)
+Version: @UPSTREAM_VER@
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lhdf5
+Cflags: -I${includedir}