diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 676245a..a3d76a9 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST=                  \
        README.html
 
 pkgconfigdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
-pkgconfig_DATA = soundtouch-1.4.pc
+pkgconfig_DATA = soundtouch.pc
 
 ## This removes stuff from the distribution which may be present
 ## from a cvs checkout or other build reasons
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 934410e..64b253f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([
 ])
 
 AC_OUTPUT(
-	soundtouch-1.4.pc
+	soundtouch.pc
 )
 
 dnl use 'echo' to put stuff here if you want a message to the builder
diff --git a/soundtouch-1.4.pc.in b/soundtouch-1.4.pc.in
index 03d0360..ac6eaec 100644
--- a/soundtouch-1.4.pc.in
+++ b/soundtouch-1.4.pc.in
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# This file is obsoleted but provided for backwards compatibility 
+# with legacy package environments
+
 prefix=@prefix@
 exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
 libdir=@libdir@