diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 53a454f..295d770 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -494,6 +494,7 @@ add_subdirectory(ssl)
 add_subdirectory(apps)
 add_subdirectory(engines)
 add_subdirectory(tools)
+add_subdirectory(exporters)
 
 # OpenSSL 1.1 redesigns the whole test program.
 # It currently depends on configdata.pm (It did "eval" it instead of "use" it. See "util/perl/OpenSSL/Test/Utils.pm", line 87) which we never generate in CMake.
diff --git a/apps/CMakeLists.txt b/apps/CMakeLists.txt
index c78c1c4..3816d39 100644
--- a/apps/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/apps/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -201,11 +201,6 @@ install(FILES ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/openssl/apps/openssl.cnf
     DESTINATION ${OPENSSL_OPENSSLDIR}
 )
 
-configure_file(openssl.pc.cmake.in openssl.pc @ONLY)
-install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/openssl.pc
-    DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/pkgconfig
-)
-
 if (BUILD_TESTING)
     if ( ( WIN32 OR CYGWIN ) AND BUILD_SHARED_LIBS )
         get_target_property(CRYPTO_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_NAME crypto RUNTIME_OUTPUT_NAME)
diff --git a/crypto/CMakeLists.txt b/crypto/CMakeLists.txt
index 7600cd7..3366ece 100644
--- a/crypto/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/crypto/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -612,9 +612,3 @@ install(DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/openssl/include/openssl
     REGEX "^.+\\.in$" EXCLUDE
     REGEX "^(.*[/\\])?__DECC_INCLUDE.+$" EXCLUDE
 )
-
-# issue: can't specify zlib path, especially for the condition that zlib is found by CMake but can't be found by pkgconfig
-configure_file(libcrypto.pc.cmake.in libcrypto.pc @ONLY)
-install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libcrypto.pc
-    DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/pkgconfig
-)
diff --git a/exporters/CMakeLists.txt b/exporters/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b81ff69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exporters/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+
+
+# issue: can't specify zlib path, especially for the condition that zlib is found by CMake but can't be found by pkgconfig
+configure_file(pkg-config/libcrypto.pc.cmake.in libcrypto.pc @ONLY)
+install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libcrypto.pc
+    DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/pkgconfig
+)
+
+configure_file(pkg-config/libssl.pc.cmake.in libssl.pc @ONLY)
+install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libssl.pc
+    DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/pkgconfig
+)
+
+configure_file(pkg-config/openssl.pc.cmake.in openssl.pc @ONLY)
+install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/openssl.pc
+    DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/pkgconfig
+)
diff --git a/crypto/libcrypto.pc.cmake.in b/exporters/pkg-config/libcrypto.pc.cmake.in
similarity index 100%
rename from crypto/libcrypto.pc.cmake.in
rename to exporters/pkg-config/libcrypto.pc.cmake.in
diff --git a/ssl/libssl.pc.cmake.in b/exporters/pkg-config/libssl.pc.cmake.in
similarity index 100%
rename from ssl/libssl.pc.cmake.in
rename to exporters/pkg-config/libssl.pc.cmake.in
diff --git a/apps/openssl.pc.cmake.in b/exporters/pkg-config/openssl.pc.cmake.in
similarity index 100%
rename from apps/openssl.pc.cmake.in
rename to exporters/pkg-config/openssl.pc.cmake.in
diff --git a/ssl/CMakeLists.txt b/ssl/CMakeLists.txt
index 650c8b4..8a2e84f 100644
--- a/ssl/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ssl/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -135,8 +135,3 @@ install(TARGETS ssl
     LIBRARY
     ARCHIVE
 )
-
-configure_file(libssl.pc.cmake.in libssl.pc @ONLY)
-install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libssl.pc
-    DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/pkgconfig
-)