diff --git a/make/make.mk b/make/make.mk
index b3764027..27d64e80 100644
--- a/make/make.mk
+++ b/make/make.mk
@@ -37,8 +37,11 @@ install-links:
 do-install-links:
 	@$(call install_links,MAKE)
 
-$(BUILD_PKG_CONFIG): $(PROJECT_DESCR_FILE)
-	/bin/bash $(MOD_SCRIPT_DIR)/create-pkg-config.sh $< > $@.tmp
+$(BUILD_PKG_CONFIG): $(PROJECT_DESCR_FILE) $(MODDIR)/make/make.mk $(MOD_SCRIPT_DIR)/create-pkg-config.sh
+	/bin/bash $(MOD_SCRIPT_DIR)/create-pkg-config.sh \
+		-d "$(PROJECT_DESCR)" \
+		-F $< \
+		> $@.tmp
 	mv $@.tmp $@
 
 clean.pkg-config:
diff --git a/scripts/create-pkg-config.sh b/scripts/create-pkg-config.sh
index e750d646..cc95da40 100644
--- a/scripts/create-pkg-config.sh
+++ b/scripts/create-pkg-config.sh
@@ -1,21 +1,62 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+usage()
+{
+	cat <<- EOT | sed 's/^	*|//'
+	|
+	|  $myname [options]
+	|
+	|  options are
+	|
+	|	-h:                  display this help message and exit sucessfully
+	|	-F filename          read project description file
+	|	-d "description"     use description
+	|
+	EOT
+	goodbye $1
+}
+
 set -e
 
-# ytools_config_files="$1"
-. ytools-functions.sh
-descr=`_ytools_cat_section "$1" description`
+project_descr_file="$1"
+myname=`basename $0`
+
+eval set -- `getopt -- F:d: "$@"`
+
+while [ "$1" != -- ]; do
+case $1 in
+	-h)
+		usage 0;;
+	-F)
+		project_descr_file="$2"
+		shift
+		;;
+	-d)
+		description="$2"
+		shift
+		;;
+	*)
+		usage 1;;
+esac
+shift
+done
+shift
+
+[ -r "$project_descr_file" ] && {
+	. ytools-functions.sh
+	descr=`_ytools_cat_section "$project_descr_file" description`
+}
 
 cat <<-EOT
 prefix=/usr
-exec_prefix=${prefix}
-includedir=${prefix}/include
-libdir=${exec_prefix}/lib
+exec_prefix=\${prefix}
+includedir=\${prefix}/include
+libdir=\${exec_prefix}/lib
 
 Name: foo
 Description: $descr
 Version: 1.0.0
-Cflags: -I${includedir}/foo
-Libs: -L${libdir} -lfoo
+Cflags: -I\${includedir}/foo
+Libs: -L\${libdir} -lfoo
 EOT