diff --git a/pkgs/servers/sql/mariadb/connector-c/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/sql/mariadb/connector-c/default.nix
index af344d637217..fb41890d4328 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/sql/mariadb/connector-c/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/sql/mariadb/connector-c/default.nix
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     ln -sv mariadb $out/lib/mysql
     ln -sv mariadb $out/include/mysql
     ln -sv mariadb_version.h $out/include/mariadb/mysql_version.h
+    ln -sv libmariadb.pc $out/lib/pkgconfig/mysqlclient.pc
   '';
 
   meta = {