diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7fbdd950..f082c3d7 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -251,10 +251,10 @@ install(FILES COPYING.txt readme.html
 # Create and install pkg-config file on supported platforms
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------
 if (_GLFW_X11_GLX OR _GLFW_COCOA_NSGL)
-    configure_file(${GLFW_SOURCE_DIR}/src/libglfw.pc.in 
-                   ${GLFW_BINARY_DIR}/src/libglfw.pc @ONLY)
+    configure_file(${GLFW_SOURCE_DIR}/src/libglfw3.pc.in
+                   ${GLFW_BINARY_DIR}/src/libglfw3.pc @ONLY)
 
-    install(FILES ${GLFW_BINARY_DIR}/src/libglfw.pc
+    install(FILES ${GLFW_BINARY_DIR}/src/libglfw3.pc
             DESTINATION lib/pkgconfig)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 25a80e3a..78cd1c07 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ elseif (_GLFW_X11_GLX)
 endif()
 
 add_library(glfw ${glfw_SOURCES} ${glfw_HEADERS})
+set_target_properties(glfw PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME "glfw3")
 
 if (BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
 
diff --git a/src/libglfw.pc.in b/src/libglfw3.pc.in
similarity index 92%
rename from src/libglfw.pc.in
rename to src/libglfw3.pc.in
index be6275aa..775819ed 100644
--- a/src/libglfw.pc.in
+++ b/src/libglfw3.pc.in
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ Description: A portable library for OpenGL, window and input
 Version: @GLFW_VERSION_FULL@
 URL: http://www.glfw.org/
 Requires.private: @GLFW_PKG_DEPS@
-Libs: -L${libdir} -lglfw
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lglfw3
 Libs.private: @GLFW_PKG_LIBS@
 Cflags: -I${includedir}