diff --git a/src/lib/CMakeLists.txt b/src/lib/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -155,16 +155,14 @@
     )
 endif()
 
-
 if (NOT WIN32)
-   configure_file (
-      ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/libKActivities.pc.cmake
-      ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libKActivities.pc
-      )
-   install (
-      FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libKActivities.pc
-      DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/pkgconfig
-      )
+    include(ECMGeneratePkgConfigFile)
+    ecm_generate_pkgconfig_file (
+        BASE_NAME libKActivities
+        DEPS Qt5Core
+        DESCRIPTION "libKActivities is a C++ library for using KDE activities"
+        INSTALL
+        )
 endif ()
 
 include (ECMGeneratePriFile)
diff --git a/src/lib/libKActivities.pc.cmake b/src/lib/libKActivities.pc.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/src/lib/libKActivities.pc.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-prefix=${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}
-exec_prefix=${BIN_INSTALL_DIR}
-libdir=${LIB_INSTALL_DIR}
-includedir=${INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR}
-
-Name: libKActivities
-Description: libKActivities is a C++ library for using KDE activities
-URL: http://www.kde.org
-Requires: Qt5Core
-Version: ${KACTIVITIES_LIB_VERSION_STRING}
-Libs: -L${LIB_INSTALL_DIR} -lKF5Activities
-Cflags: -I${INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR}