diff --git a/cmake/CLI11GeneratePkgConfig.cmake b/cmake/CLI11GeneratePkgConfig.cmake
index ed30a5a20..b695f671c 100644
--- a/cmake/CLI11GeneratePkgConfig.cmake
+++ b/cmake/CLI11GeneratePkgConfig.cmake
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+if (CLI11_PRECOMPILED)
 configure_file("cmake/CLI11.pc.in" "CLI11.pc" @ONLY)
+elseif (CLI11_SINGLE_FILE)
+configure_file("cmake/CLI11single.pc.in" "CLI11.pc" @ONLY)
+else()
+configure_file("cmake/CLI11precompiled.pc.in" "CLI11.pc" @ONLY)
+endif()
 
 install(FILES "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/CLI11.pc" DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/pkgconfig")
diff --git a/cmake/CLI11precompiled.pc.in b/cmake/CLI11precompiled.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b223d96c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/CLI11precompiled.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
+exec_prefix=${prefix}
+includedir=${prefix}/include
+libdir=${exec_prefix}/lib
+
+Name: CLI11
+Description: C++ command line parser
+Version: @PROJECT_VERSION@
+
+Cflags: -I${includedir} -DCLI11_COMPILE
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lCLI11
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cmake/CLI11single.in b/cmake/CLI11single.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8d418739d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/CLI11single.in
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
+exec_prefix=${prefix}
+includedir=${prefix}/include
+
+Name: CLI11
+Description: C++ command line parser
+Version: @PROJECT_VERSION@
+
+Cflags: -I${includedir}