diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 540737d..f17db9c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ support/include/stamp-h1
 *.o
 *.lo
 *.la
+*.pc
 .libs
 lib*.a
 test-driver
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9b2a502..c7651f2 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -441,6 +441,8 @@ if test -n "$path_plugins" ; then
 fi
 AM_CONDITIONAL(PATH_PLUGINS, test -n "$path_plugins")
 
+AC_SUBST(AM_CPPFLAGS, "$AM_CPPFLAGS -I../../support/nfsidmap")
+
 dnl Check for IPv6 support
 AC_IPV6
 
diff --git a/support/nfsidmap/libnfsidmap.pc b/support/nfsidmap/libnfsidmap.pc
deleted file mode 100644
index 5ec28ae..0000000
--- a/support/nfsidmap/libnfsidmap.pc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-prefix=/usr
-exec_prefix=${prefix}
-libdir=${exec_prefix}/lib64
-includedir=${prefix}/include
-
-Name: libnfsidmap
-Description: Library that handles mapping between names and ids for NFSv4.
-Requires:
-Version: 2.1.1
-Libs: -L${exec_prefix}/lib64 -lnfsidmap
-Cflags: -I${prefix}/include