diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index f04eba8f6..2d6ed15d8 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -299,8 +299,9 @@ if test x$have_xrender = xyes; then
   AC_DEFINE(HAVE_RENDER, , [Building with Render extension support])
 fi
 
+CLUTTER_PACKAGE=clutter-0.8
+AC_SUBST(CLUTTER_PACKAGE)
 if test x$have_clutter = xyes; then
-  CLUTTER_PACKAGE=clutter-0.8
   METACITY_PC_MODULES="$METACITY_PC_MODULES $CLUTTER_PACKAGE "
   PKG_CHECK_MODULES(CLUTTER, $CLUTTER_PACKAGE)
   AC_DEFINE(WITH_CLUTTER, , [Building with Clutter compositor])
@@ -533,6 +534,7 @@ doc/man/Makefile
 src/Makefile
 src/wm-tester/Makefile
 src/libmetacity-private.pc
+src/metacity-plugins.pc
 src/tools/Makefile
 src/themes/Makefile
 src/compositor/mutter/plugins/Makefile
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 1d93c6017..3a1667827 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -147,7 +147,16 @@ libmetacityinclude_HEADERS =			\
 	include/common.h			\
 	ui/preview-widget.h			\
 	ui/theme-parser.h			\
-	ui/theme.h
+	ui/theme.h				\
+	include/prefs.h				\
+	include/window.h			\
+	include/workspace.h			\
+	include/compositor.h			\
+	include/compositor-mutter.h		\
+	include/types.h				\
+	include/screen.h			\
+	include/display.h			\
+	include/mutter-plugin.h
 
 metacity_theme_viewer_SOURCES=  \
 	ui/theme-viewer.c
@@ -218,14 +227,15 @@ inlinepixbufs.h: $(IMAGES)
 
 pkgconfigdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
 
-pkgconfig_DATA = libmetacity-private.pc
+pkgconfig_DATA = libmetacity-private.pc metacity-plugins.pc
 
 EXTRA_DIST=$(desktopfiles_files) 	\
-	$(wmproperties_files)         \
+	$(wmproperties_files)		\
 	$(IMAGES) $(schema_DATA) 	\
 	$(desktopfiles_in_files)	\
 	$(wmproperties_in_files)	\
 	$(schema_in_files)		\
 	$(xml_in_files)			\
-	libmetacity-private.pc.in
+	libmetacity-private.pc.in	\
+	metacity-plugins.pc.in
 
diff --git a/src/compositor/mutter/mutter-plugin-manager.c b/src/compositor/mutter/mutter-plugin-manager.c
index 698d7e41d..c53cd4e13 100644
--- a/src/compositor/mutter/mutter-plugin-manager.c
+++ b/src/compositor/mutter/mutter-plugin-manager.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
  * 02111-1307, USA.
  */
 
+#include "config.h"
 #include "mutter-plugin-manager.h"
 #include "prefs.h"
 #include "errors.h"
diff --git a/src/compositor/mutter/plugins/Makefile.am b/src/compositor/mutter/plugins/Makefile.am
index 0a99b6139..94b607e5a 100644
--- a/src/compositor/mutter/plugins/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/compositor/mutter/plugins/Makefile.am
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ if WITH_CLUTTER
 
 INCLUDES=@METACITY_CFLAGS@ -I $(top_srcdir)/src/include -DMETACITY_LIBEXECDIR=\"$(libexecdir)\" -DHOST_ALIAS=\"@HOST_ALIAS@\" -DMETACITY_LOCALEDIR=\"$(prefix)/@DATADIRNAME@/locale\" -DMETACITY_PKGDATADIR=\"$(pkgdatadir)\" -DMETACITY_DATADIR=\"$(datadir)\" -DG_LOG_DOMAIN=\"metacity\" -DSN_API_NOT_YET_FROZEN=1 -DMETACITY_MAJOR_VERSION=$(METACITY_MAJOR_VERSION) -DMETACITY_MINOR_VERSION=$(METACITY_MINOR_VERSION) -DMETACITY_MICRO_VERSION=$(METACITY_MICRO_VERSION) -DMETACITY_CLUTTER_PLUGIN_API_VERSION=$(METACITY_CLUTTER_PLUGIN_API_VERSION) -DMETACITY_PKGLIBDIR=\"$(pkglibdir)\"
 
-pkglib_LTLIBRARIES = default.la
-
 default_la_CFLAGS   = -fPIC
 default_la_SOURCES  = default.c
 default_la_LDFLAGS  = -module -avoid-version -no-undefined
diff --git a/src/include/mutter-plugin.h b/src/include/mutter-plugin.h
index 8514806c6..01f2fea24 100644
--- a/src/include/mutter-plugin.h
+++ b/src/include/mutter-plugin.h
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 #define MUTTER_PLUGIN_H_
 
 #include "types.h"
-#include "config.h"
 #include "compositor.h"
 #include "compositor-mutter.h"
 
diff --git a/src/metacity-plugins.pc.in b/src/metacity-plugins.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c8d42cb43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/metacity-plugins.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+prefix=@prefix@
+exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
+libdir=@libdir@
+includedir=@includedir@
+pkglibdir=@pkglibdir@
+libgnome_serverdir=@libexecdir@
+metacity_major_version=@METACITY_MAJOR_VERSION@
+metacity_minor_version=@METACITY_MINOR_VERSION@
+metacity_micro_version=@METACITY_MICRO_VERSION@
+metacity_clutter_plugin_api_version=@METACITY_CLUTTER_PLUGIN_API_VERSION@
+
+Name: metacity-plugins
+Description: Dev parameters for mutter plugins
+Requires: @CLUTTER_PACKAGE@
+Version: @VERSION@
+Libs: @CLUTTER_LIBS@
+Cflags: @CLUTTER_CFLAGS@ -DWITH_CLUTTER -I${includedir}/metacity-1/metacity-private -DMETACITY_MAJOR_VERSION=${metacity_major_version} -DMETACITY_MINOR_VERSION=${metacity_minor_version} -DMETACITY_MICRO_VERSION=${metacity_micro_version} -DMETACITY_CLUTTER_PLUGIN_API_VERSION=${metacity_clutter_plugin_api_version} -DMETACITY_PKGLIBDIR=\"${pkglibdir}\"