diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d54334f599a57..34c1deae0c313 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ config.h.in
 # SAPIs specific ignores
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 /sapi/apache2handler/libphp.module
+/sapi/embed/php-embed.pc
 /sapi/fpm/fpm/php-cgi
 /sapi/fpm/init.d.php-fpm
 /sapi/fpm/php-fpm.conf
@@ -129,6 +130,7 @@ config.h.in
 /sapi/fpm/php-fpm
 /sapi/phpdbg/phpdbg
 /scripts/php-config
+/scripts/php.pc
 /scripts/phpize
 php
 
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 2318f896b7a9b..30cd60e932e57 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -235,8 +235,11 @@ locations.
     └─ cli/
        ├─ mime_type_map.h           # Generated by `sapi/cli/generate_mime_type_map.php`
        └─ ...
+    └─ embed/
+       ├─ php-embed.pc.in           # pkg-config metadata file
+       └─ ...
     └─ ...
- ├─ scripts/                        # php-config, phpize and internal development scripts
+ ├─ scripts/                        # php-config, phpize, pkg-config, and internal development scripts
  ├─ tests/                          # Core features tests
  └─ win32/                          # Windows build system files
     ├─ cp_enc_map.c                 # Generated by `win32/cp_enc_map_gen.exe`
diff --git a/build/Makefile.global b/build/Makefile.global
index 37b48ba2980ea..618ad0368cc80 100644
--- a/build/Makefile.global
+++ b/build/Makefile.global
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ distclean: clean
 	rm -f scripts/man1/phpize.1 scripts/php-config scripts/man1/php-config.1 sapi/cli/php.1 sapi/cgi/php-cgi.1 sapi/phpdbg/phpdbg.1 ext/phar/phar.1 ext/phar/phar.phar.1
 	rm -f sapi/fpm/php-fpm.conf sapi/fpm/init.d.php-fpm sapi/fpm/php-fpm.service sapi/fpm/php-fpm.8 sapi/fpm/status.html
 	rm -f ext/phar/phar.phar ext/phar/phar.php
+	rm -f scripts/php.pc sapi/embed/php-embed.pc
 	if test "$(srcdir)" != "$(builddir)"; then \
 		rm -f ext/phar/phar/phar.inc; \
 	fi
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c7e36ca70c9fe..8ad99c7cbb4a4 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1392,6 +1392,8 @@ AC_SUBST([SAPI_LIBNAME_STATIC])
 AC_SUBST([PHP_VERSION])
 AC_SUBST([PHP_VERSION_ID])
 AC_SUBST([PHP_LDFLAGS])
+AC_SUBST([PHP_THREAD_SAFETY])
+AC_SUBST([ZEND_DEBUG])
 
 PHP_UTILIZE_RPATHS
 
@@ -1467,7 +1469,7 @@ PHP_SUBST_OLD([EXTENSION_DIR])
 PHP_SUBST([EXTRA_LDFLAGS])
 PHP_SUBST([EXTRA_LDFLAGS_PROGRAM])
 PHP_SUBST_OLD([EXTRA_LIBS])
-PHP_SUBST([ZEND_EXTRA_LIBS])
+PHP_SUBST_OLD([ZEND_EXTRA_LIBS])
 PHP_SUBST([INCLUDES])
 PHP_SUBST([EXTRA_INCLUDES])
 PHP_SUBST([INSTALL_IT])
@@ -1604,7 +1606,7 @@ else
 fi;
 
 all_targets="\$(OVERALL_TARGET) \$(PHP_MODULES) \$(PHP_ZEND_EX) \$(PHP_BINARIES) $pharcmd"
-install_targets="$install_sapi $install_modules $install_binaries install-build install-headers install-programs $install_pear $pharcmd_install"
+install_targets="$install_sapi $install_modules $install_binaries install-build install-headers install-programs $install_pear $pharcmd_install $install_embed"
 
 PHP_SUBST([all_targets])
 PHP_SUBST([install_targets])
@@ -1804,6 +1806,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([
   scripts/man1/php-config.1
   scripts/man1/phpize.1
   scripts/php-config
+  scripts/php.pc
   scripts/phpize
 ])
 
diff --git a/sapi/embed/Makefile.frag b/sapi/embed/Makefile.frag
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8547166135813
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sapi/embed/Makefile.frag
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+install-embed:
+	@echo "Installing PHP Embed .pc file:    $(INSTALL_ROOT)$(orig_libdir)/pkgconfig/"
+	@$(mkinstalldirs) $(INSTALL_ROOT)$(orig_libdir)/pkgconfig
+	@$(INSTALL_DATA) sapi/embed/php-embed.pc $(INSTALL_ROOT)$(orig_libdir)/pkgconfig/$(program_prefix)php-embed$(program_suffix).pc
diff --git a/sapi/embed/config.m4 b/sapi/embed/config.m4
index c385e289a70ee..4f84d9138ea9f 100644
--- a/sapi/embed/config.m4
+++ b/sapi/embed/config.m4
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ if test "$PHP_EMBED" != "no"; then
       [php_embed.c],
       [-DZEND_ENABLE_STATIC_TSRMLS_CACHE=1])
     PHP_INSTALL_HEADERS([sapi/embed], [php_embed.h])
+    PHP_ADD_MAKEFILE_FRAGMENT([$abs_srcdir/sapi/embed/Makefile.frag],
+      [$abs_srcdir/sapi/embed],
+      [sapi/embed])
+    AC_CONFIG_FILES([sapi/embed/php-embed.pc])
+    install_embed=install-embed
   ])
 else
   AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
diff --git a/sapi/embed/php-embed.pc.in b/sapi/embed/php-embed.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..102f582ca2b53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sapi/embed/php-embed.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# The pkg-config .pc file for PHP Embed SAPI.
+
+prefix=@prefix@
+exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
+includedir=@includedir@/php
+libdir=@orig_libdir@
+# PHP extension directory containing dynamically loadable PHP extensions.
+php_extension_dir=@EXTENSION_DIR@
+# PHP version as integer.
+php_vernum=@PHP_VERSION_ID@
+# The path where to scan for additional INI configuration files.
+php_ini_dir=@EXPANDED_PHP_CONFIG_FILE_SCAN_DIR@
+# The path in which to look for php.ini.
+php_ini_path=@EXPANDED_PHP_CONFIG_FILE_PATH@
+# Whether PHP is built in debug mode (yes) or not (no).
+php_debug=@ZEND_DEBUG@
+# Whether PHP is built with thread safety (yes) or not (no).
+php_zts=@PHP_THREAD_SAFETY@
+
+Name: PHP Embed SAPI
+Description: A lightweight SAPI to embed PHP into application using C bindings
+URL: https://www.php.net
+License: PHP
+Version: @PHP_VERSION@
+Cflags: -I${includedir} -I${includedir}/main -I${includedir}/TSRM -I${includedir}/Zend -I${includedir}/ext -I${includedir}/ext/date/lib
+Libs.private: @EXTRA_LIBS@ @ZEND_EXTRA_LIBS@
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lphp
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.frag b/scripts/Makefile.frag
index cf56852c2b113..8dce5a4153bf8 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.frag
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.frag
@@ -46,3 +46,6 @@ install-programs:
 		echo "  page: $(program_prefix)$${page}$(program_suffix).1"; \
 		$(INSTALL_DATA) $(builddir)/man1/$${page}.1 $(INSTALL_ROOT)$(mandir)/man1/$(program_prefix)$${page}$(program_suffix).1; \
 	done
+	@echo "Installing PHP .pc file:          $(INSTALL_ROOT)$(orig_libdir)/pkgconfig/"
+	@$(mkinstalldirs) $(INSTALL_ROOT)$(orig_libdir)/pkgconfig
+	@$(INSTALL_DATA) $(builddir)/php.pc $(INSTALL_ROOT)$(orig_libdir)/pkgconfig/$(program_prefix)php$(program_suffix).pc
diff --git a/scripts/php.pc.in b/scripts/php.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d61f2f939605d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/php.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# The pkg-config .pc file for PHP.
+
+prefix=@prefix@
+exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
+includedir=@includedir@/php
+libdir=@orig_libdir@
+# PHP extension directory containing dynamically loadable PHP extensions.
+php_extension_dir=@EXTENSION_DIR@
+# PHP version as integer.
+php_vernum=@PHP_VERSION_ID@
+# The path where to scan for additional INI configuration files.
+php_ini_dir=@EXPANDED_PHP_CONFIG_FILE_SCAN_DIR@
+# The path in which to look for php.ini.
+php_ini_path=@EXPANDED_PHP_CONFIG_FILE_PATH@
+# Whether PHP is built in debug mode (yes) or not (no).
+php_debug=@ZEND_DEBUG@
+# Whether PHP is built with thread safety (yes) or not (no).
+php_zts=@PHP_THREAD_SAFETY@
+
+Name: PHP
+Description: Build extension for a PHP general-purpose scripting language
+URL: https://www.php.net
+License: PHP
+Version: @PHP_VERSION@
+Cflags: -I${includedir} -I${includedir}/main -I${includedir}/TSRM -I${includedir}/Zend -I${includedir}/ext -I${includedir}/ext/date/lib
+Libs.private: @EXTRA_LIBS@ @ZEND_EXTRA_LIBS@
+Libs: