diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index bd83784892..7561c00379 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2067,6 +2067,8 @@ pkgconfig/gstreamer-plugins-bad.pc
 pkgconfig/gstreamer-plugins-bad-uninstalled.pc
 pkgconfig/gstreamer-codecparsers.pc
 pkgconfig/gstreamer-codecparsers-uninstalled.pc
+pkgconfig/gstreamer-basevideo.pc
+pkgconfig/gstreamer-basevideo-uninstalled.pc
 tools/Makefile
 m4/Makefile
 win32/common/config.h
diff --git a/pkgconfig/Makefile.am b/pkgconfig/Makefile.am
index 99e1f1c1d8..4058adc2fc 100644
--- a/pkgconfig/Makefile.am
+++ b/pkgconfig/Makefile.am
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 ### all of the standard pc files we need to generate
 pcverfiles =  \
 	gstreamer-plugins-bad-@GST_MAJORMINOR@.pc \
-	gstreamer-codecparsers-@GST_MAJORMINOR@.pc
+	gstreamer-codecparsers-@GST_MAJORMINOR@.pc \
+	gstreamer-basevideo-@GST_MAJORMINOR@.pc
 
 pcverfiles_uninstalled = \
 	gstreamer-plugins-bad-@GST_MAJORMINOR@-uninstalled.pc \
-	gstreamer-codecparsers-@GST_MAJORMINOR@-uninstalled.pc
+	gstreamer-codecparsers-@GST_MAJORMINOR@-uninstalled.pc \
+	gstreamer-basevideo-@GST_MAJORMINOR@-uninstalled.pc
 
 all-local: $(pcverfiles) $(pcverfiles_uninstalled)
 
@@ -25,7 +27,8 @@ pkgconfig_DATA = $(pcverfiles)
 CLEANFILES = $(pcverfiles) $(pcverfiles_uninstalled)
 pcinfiles = \
            gstreamer-plugins-bad.pc.in gstreamer-plugins-bad-uninstalled.pc.in \
-           gstreamer-codecparsers.pc.in gstreamer-codecparsers-uninstalled.pc.in
+           gstreamer-codecparsers.pc.in gstreamer-codecparsers-uninstalled.pc.in \
+           gstreamer-basevideo.pc.in gstreamer-basevideo-uninstalled.pc.in
 
 DISTCLEANFILES = $(pcinfiles:.in=)
 EXTRA_DIST = $(pcinfiles)
diff --git a/pkgconfig/gstreamer-basevideo-uninstalled.pc.in b/pkgconfig/gstreamer-basevideo-uninstalled.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..50a64c439f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgconfig/gstreamer-basevideo-uninstalled.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+prefix=
+exec_prefix=
+libdir=${pcfiledir}/../gst-libs/gst/basevideo
+includedir=${pcfiledir}/../gst-libs
+
+Name: GStreamer base video, Uninstalled
+Description: Base class, interface and utilities for video elements, Uninstalled
+Requires: gstreamer-@GST_MAJORMINOR@ gstreamer-base-@GST_MAJORMINOR@
+Version: @VERSION@
+Libs: -L${libdir} ${libdir}/libgstbasevideo-@GST_MAJORMINOR@.la
+Cflags: -I${includedir}
+
diff --git a/pkgconfig/gstreamer-basevideo.pc.in b/pkgconfig/gstreamer-basevideo.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d892fac2da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgconfig/gstreamer-basevideo.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+prefix=@prefix@
+exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
+libdir=@libdir@
+includedir=@includedir@/gstreamer-@GST_MAJORMINOR@
+
+Name: GStreamer base video
+Description: Base class, interface and utilities for video elements
+Requires: gstreamer-@GST_MAJORMINOR@ gstreamer-base-@GST_MAJORMINOR@
+Version: @VERSION@
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lgstbasevideo-@GST_MAJORMINOR@
+Cflags: -I${includedir}
+