diff --git a/libbitcoinkernel.pc.in b/libbitcoinkernel.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a2cb7d3692e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libbitcoinkernel.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
+exec_prefix=${prefix}
+libdir=${prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@
+includedir=${prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR@
+
+Name: @PACKAGE_NAME@ kernel library
+Description: Experimental library for the Bitcoin Core validation engine.
+Version: @PACKAGE_VERSION@
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lbitcoinkernel
+Libs.private: -L${libdir} @LIBS_PRIVATE@
+Cflags: -I${includedir}
diff --git a/src/kernel/CMakeLists.txt b/src/kernel/CMakeLists.txt
index d22d1afc8fe..65d753b3af6 100644
--- a/src/kernel/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/kernel/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -98,6 +98,40 @@ set_target_properties(bitcoinkernel PROPERTIES
   CXX_VISIBILITY_PRESET default
 )
 
+# When building the static library, install all static libraries the
+# bitcoinkernel depends on.
+if(NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+  # Recursively get all the static libraries a target depends on and put them in libs_out
+  function(get_target_static_link_libs target libs_out)
+    get_target_property(linked_libraries ${target} LINK_LIBRARIES)
+    foreach(dep ${linked_libraries})
+      if(TARGET ${dep})
+        get_target_property(dep_type ${dep} TYPE)
+        if(dep_type STREQUAL "STATIC_LIBRARY")
+          list(APPEND ${libs_out} ${dep})
+          get_target_static_link_libs(${dep} ${libs_out})
+        endif()
+      endif()
+    endforeach()
+    set(${libs_out} ${${libs_out}} PARENT_SCOPE)
+  endfunction()
+
+  set(all_kernel_static_link_libs "")
+  get_target_static_link_libs(bitcoinkernel all_kernel_static_link_libs)
+
+  # LIBS_PRIVATE is substituted in the pkg-config file.
+  set(LIBS_PRIVATE "")
+  foreach(lib ${all_kernel_static_link_libs})
+    install(TARGETS ${lib} ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
+    string(APPEND LIBS_PRIVATE " -l${lib}")
+  endforeach()
+
+  string(STRIP "${LIBS_PRIVATE}" LIBS_PRIVATE)
+endif()
+
+configure_file(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/libbitcoinkernel.pc.in ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/libbitcoinkernel.pc @ONLY)
+install(FILES ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/libbitcoinkernel.pc DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/pkgconfig")
+
 include(GNUInstallDirs)
 install(TARGETS bitcoinkernel
   RUNTIME