diff --git a/libcurl.pc.in b/libcurl.pc.in
index 66296f5e57..8f7e35dd10 100644
--- a/libcurl.pc.in
+++ b/libcurl.pc.in
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ Name: libcurl
 URL: https://curl.se/
 Description: Library to transfer files with HTTP, FTP, etc.
 License: curl
+Copyright: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 Maintainer: @CURL_PACKAGE_MAINTAINER@
 Version: @CURLVERSION@
 Source: https://curl.se/download/curl-@CURLVERSION@.tar.gz