diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libmad/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libmad/default.nix
index aa5c3526e857..83070b92ac64 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libmad/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libmad/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl}:
+{stdenv, fetchurl, autoconf}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "libmad-0.15.1b";
@@ -8,8 +8,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     sha256 = "bbfac3ed6bfbc2823d3775ebb931087371e142bb0e9bb1bee51a76a6e0078690";
   };
 
+  patches = [ ./pkgconfig.patch ];
+
   # The -fforce-mem flag has been removed in GCC 4.3.
   preConfigure = ''
+    ${autoconf}/bin/autoconf
     substituteInPlace configure --replace "-fforce-mem" ""
   '';
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libmad/pkgconfig.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/libmad/pkgconfig.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0ac88acb8415
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libmad/pkgconfig.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+diff -ruN libmad-0.15.1b.orig/Makefile.am libmad-0.15.1b/Makefile.am
+--- libmad-0.15.1b.orig/Makefile.am	2004-02-17 02:02:03.000000000 +0000
++++ libmad-0.15.1b/Makefile.am	2005-08-25 12:08:04.000000000 +0000
+@@ -33,9 +33,12 @@
+ minimad_INCLUDES =	
+ minimad_LDADD =		libmad.la
+ 
+-EXTRA_DIST =		mad.h.sed  \
++EXTRA_DIST =		mad.h.sed mad.pc.in \
+ 			CHANGES COPYRIGHT CREDITS README TODO VERSION
+ 
++pkgconfigdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
++pkgconfig_DATA= mad.pc
++
+ exported_headers =	version.h fixed.h bit.h timer.h stream.h frame.h  \
+ 			synth.h decoder.h
+ 
+diff -ruN libmad-0.15.1b.orig/Makefile.in libmad-0.15.1b/Makefile.in
+--- libmad-0.15.1b.orig/Makefile.in	2004-02-17 02:33:23.000000000 +0000
++++ libmad-0.15.1b/Makefile.in	2005-08-25 12:09:34.000000000 +0000
+@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
+ 
+ @SET_MAKE@
+ 
++pkgconfigdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
++pkgconfig_DATA = mad.pc
+ 
+ SOURCES = $(libmad_la_SOURCES) $(EXTRA_libmad_la_SOURCES) $(minimad_SOURCES)
+ 
+@@ -43,7 +45,7 @@
+ 	$(srcdir)/Makefile.am $(srcdir)/Makefile.in \
+ 	$(srcdir)/config.h.in $(srcdir)/libmad.list.in \
+ 	$(top_srcdir)/configure COPYING INSTALL TODO config.guess \
+-	config.sub depcomp install-sh ltmain.sh missing mkinstalldirs
++	config.sub depcomp install-sh ltmain.sh missing mkinstalldirs mad.pc.in
+ subdir = .
+ ACLOCAL_M4 = $(top_srcdir)/aclocal.m4
+ am__aclocal_m4_deps = $(top_srcdir)/configure.ac
+@@ -53,7 +55,7 @@
+  configure.lineno configure.status.lineno
+ mkinstalldirs = $(SHELL) $(top_srcdir)/mkinstalldirs
+ CONFIG_HEADER = config.h
+-CONFIG_CLEAN_FILES = libmad.list
++CONFIG_CLEAN_FILES = libmad.list mad.pc
+ am__installdirs = $(DESTDIR)$(libdir) $(DESTDIR)$(includedir)
+ libLTLIBRARIES_INSTALL = $(INSTALL)
+ LTLIBRARIES = $(lib_LTLIBRARIES)
+@@ -218,7 +220,7 @@
+ minimad_SOURCES = minimad.c
+ minimad_INCLUDES = 
+ minimad_LDADD = libmad.la
+-EXTRA_DIST = mad.h.sed  \
++EXTRA_DIST = mad.h.sed  mad.pc.in \
+ 			CHANGES COPYRIGHT CREDITS README TODO VERSION
+ 
+ exported_headers = version.h fixed.h bit.h timer.h stream.h frame.h  \
+@@ -298,6 +300,28 @@
+ 	rm -f stamp-h1
+ 	touch $@
+ 
++mad.pc: $(top_builddir)/config.status mad.pc.in
++	cd $(top_builddir) && CONFIG_FILES=$@ CONFIG_HEADERS= $(SHELL) ./config.status
++
++install-pkgconfigDATA: $(pkgconfig_DATA)
++	@$(NORMAL_INSTALL)
++	$(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$(pkgconfigdir)
++	@list='$(pkgconfig_DATA)'; for p in $$list; do \
++	  if test -f $(srcdir)/$$p; then \
++	    echo " $(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/$$p $(DESTDIR)$(pkgconfigdir)/$$p"; \
++	    $(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/$$p $(DESTDIR)$(pkgconfigdir)/$$p; \
++	  else if test -f $$p; then \
++	    echo " $(INSTALL_DATA) $$p $(DESTDIR)$(pkgconfigdir)/$$p"; \
++	    $(INSTALL_DATA) $$p $(DESTDIR)$(pkgconfigdir)/$$p; \
++	  fi; fi; \
++	done
++
++uninstall-pkgconfigDATA:
++	@$(NORMAL_UNINSTALL)
++	list='$(pkgconfig_DATA)'; for p in $$list; do \
++	  rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(pkgconfigdir)/$$p; \
++	done
++
+ distclean-hdr:
+ 	-rm -f config.h stamp-h1
+ libmad.list: $(top_builddir)/config.status $(srcdir)/libmad.list.in
+@@ -726,7 +750,7 @@
+ 
+ info-am:
+ 
+-install-data-am: install-includeHEADERS
++install-data-am: install-includeHEADERS install-pkgconfigDATA
+ 
+ install-exec-am: install-libLTLIBRARIES
+ 
+@@ -757,7 +781,7 @@
+ ps-am:
+ 
+ uninstall-am: uninstall-includeHEADERS uninstall-info-am \
+-	uninstall-libLTLIBRARIES
++	uninstall-libLTLIBRARIES install-pkgconfigDATA
+ 
+ uninstall-info: uninstall-info-recursive
+ 
+diff -ruN libmad-0.15.1b.orig/mad.pc.in libmad-0.15.1b/mad.pc.in
+--- libmad-0.15.1b.orig/mad.pc.in	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
++++ libmad-0.15.1b/mad.pc.in	2005-08-25 12:08:04.000000000 +0000
+@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
++prefix=@prefix@
++exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
++libdir=@libdir@
++includedir=@includedir@
++
++Name: MAD
++Description: libmad - MPEG audio decoder library
++Version: @VERSION@
++Libs: -L${libdir} -lmad
++Cflags:
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 2b7358b824ba..377a42731898 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4354,7 +4354,7 @@ let
   };
 
   libmad = import ../development/libraries/libmad {
-    inherit fetchurl stdenv;
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv autoconf;
   };
 
   libmatthew_java = import ../development/libraries/java/libmatthew-java {