diff --git a/lib/libz/Makefile b/lib/libz/Makefile
index c60252fad598..48e57ccc2a1a 100644
--- a/lib/libz/Makefile
+++ b/lib/libz/Makefile
@@ -53,6 +53,17 @@ INCS=		zconf.h zlib.h
 
 .PATH:		${ZLIBSRC}/test
 
+ZLIB_VERSION!=	sed -n '/define.*ZLIB_VERSION/{s,[^0-9.],,gp;q;}' ${ZLIBSRC}/zlib.h
+
+zlib.pc: zlib.pc.in
+	sed -e 's,@prefix@,/usr,g ; \
+		s,@exec_prefix@,$${prefix},g ; \
+		s,@libdir@,$${exec_prefix}/lib,g ; \
+		s,@sharedlibdir@,$${libdir},g ; \
+		s,@includedir@,$${prefix}/include,g ; \
+		s,@VERSION@,${ZLIB_VERSION},g ;' \
+		${.ALLSRC} > ${.TARGET}
+
 minigzip:	all minigzip.o
 	$(CC) -o minigzip minigzip.o -L. -lz
 
diff --git a/lib/libz/zlib.pc b/lib/libz/zlib.pc
deleted file mode 100644
index b9ad734e1df5..000000000000
--- a/lib/libz/zlib.pc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-# $FreeBSD$
-prefix=/usr
-exec_prefix=${prefix}
-libdir=${exec_prefix}/lib
-sharedlibdir=${libdir}
-includedir=${prefix}/include
-
-Name: zlib
-Description: zlib compression library
-Version: 1.2.10
-
-Requires:
-Libs: -L${libdir} -L${sharedlibdir} -lz
-Cflags: -I${includedir}