diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 072f3b1..5fe6bcd 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 project(apulse)
 cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.8)
+include(GNUInstallDirs)
 
 set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -std=gnu99 -Wall -fPIC -fvisibility=hidden")
 set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -Werror=implicit-function-declaration")
@@ -28,6 +29,8 @@ else()
     include_directories(${PA_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES})
 endif()
 
+set(INSTALL_SDK 0 CACHE BOOLEAN "Install SDK files to build applications with apulse (Pulse Audio headers and pkg-config files) instead of system ones")
+
 link_directories(${REQ_LIBRARY_DIRS})
 
 add_library(trace-helper STATIC
@@ -72,12 +75,30 @@ target_link_libraries(pulse-simple ${SYMBOLMAP} trace-helper ${REQ_LIBRARIES})
 
 add_subdirectory(tests)
 
-set(APULSEPATH "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib/apulse" CACHE PATH "library installation directory")
-set(APULSE_SEARCH_PATHS "${APULSEPATH}" CACHE PATH "directory list for LD_LIBRARY_PATH")
-configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/apulse.template"
-               "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/apulse" @ONLY)
+if (${INSTALL_SDK})
+    set(APULSEPATH "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}" CACHE PATH "library installation directory")
+
+    configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/pkgconfig/libpulse.pc.in"
+                   "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/pkgconfig/libpulse.pc" @ONLY)
+    configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/pkgconfig/libpulse-simple.pc.in"
+                   "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/pkgconfig/libpulse-simple.pc" @ONLY)
+    configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/pkgconfig/libpulse-mainloop-glib.pc.in"
+                   "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/pkgconfig/libpulse-mainloop-glib.pc" @ONLY)
+else()
+    set(APULSEPATH "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/apulse" CACHE PATH "library installation directory")
+    set(APULSE_SEARCH_PATHS "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${APULSEPATH}" CACHE PATH "directory list for LD_LIBRARY_PATH")
+
+    configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/apulse.template"
+                   "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/apulse" @ONLY)
+endif()
 
-install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/apulse" DESTINATION bin
-        PERMISSIONS OWNER_READ OWNER_WRITE OWNER_EXECUTE GROUP_READ GROUP_EXECUTE WORLD_READ WORLD_EXECUTE)
 install(TARGETS pulse-simple pulse pulse-mainloop-glib DESTINATION "${APULSEPATH}")
-install(FILES "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/man/apulse.1" DESTINATION share/man/man1)
+
+if (${INSTALL_SDK})
+    install(DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/3rdparty/pulseaudio-headers/pulse" DESTINATION include)
+    install(DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/pkgconfig" DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}")
+else()
+    install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/apulse" DESTINATION bin
+            PERMISSIONS OWNER_READ OWNER_WRITE OWNER_EXECUTE GROUP_READ GROUP_EXECUTE WORLD_READ WORLD_EXECUTE)
+    install(FILES "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/man/apulse.1" DESTINATION share/man/man1)
+endif()
diff --git a/pkgconfig/libpulse-mainloop-glib.pc.in b/pkgconfig/libpulse-mainloop-glib.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..957e3b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgconfig/libpulse-mainloop-glib.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+libdir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@
+includedir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR@
+
+Name: libpulse-mainloop-glib
+Description: PulseAudio GLib 2.0 Main Loop Wrapper (apulse)
+Version: 5.0
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lpulse-mainloop-glib -pthread
+Cflags: -I${includedir}
+Requires: glib-2.0
diff --git a/pkgconfig/libpulse-simple.pc.in b/pkgconfig/libpulse-simple.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..57d917f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgconfig/libpulse-simple.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+libdir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@
+includedir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR@
+
+Name: libpulse-simple
+Description: PulseAudio Simplified Synchronous Client Interface (apulse)
+Version: 5.0
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lpulse-simple -pthread
+Cflags: -I${includedir}
+Requires: glib-2.0
diff --git a/pkgconfig/libpulse.pc.in b/pkgconfig/libpulse.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..edcbbd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgconfig/libpulse.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+libdir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@
+includedir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR@
+
+Name: libpulse
+Description: PulseAudio Client Interface (apulse)
+Version: 5.0
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lpulse -pthread
+Cflags: -I${includedir}
+Requires: glib-2.0 alsa