diff --git a/bin/am2cmake.py b/bin/am2cmake.py
index 094829f7fdd02dbb56040ba680eb7ec629de73b2..6b147ec082bff42381cc9131d18cb4b6e75a724a 100755
--- a/bin/am2cmake.py
+++ b/bin/am2cmake.py
@@ -800,6 +800,12 @@ def am_2_cmake_dir(directory):
         output.write('\n'.join(['# Create Doxyfile.in and Doxyfile, and doxygen documentation',
 'add_doxygen_target()']))
         output.close()
+    # Add directives to create CMake packe configuration files with autotools
+    output=open("Makefile.am'", "a")
+    output.write('\n'.join(['', '# Generate package configuration files for finding',
+                            '# installed modules with CMake',
+                            'include $(top_srcdir)/am/cmake-pkg-config\n']))
+    output.close()
 
 def main():
     usage = "usage: am2cmake "