diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
index 5568a9f02..bf59cae6a 100644
--- a/.cvsignore
+++ b/.cvsignore
@@ -26,3 +26,4 @@ intl
 ABOUT-NLS
 COPYING
 intltool-*
+metacity.spec
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index cce726ad5..08c2f9ad5 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+Thu Nov  7 17:07:21 2002  Jonathan Blandford  <jrb@redhat.com>
+
+	* src/libmetacity-private.pc.in: add a pc file for
+	libmetacity-private
+
+	* src/Makefile.am: Install a few files as a shared library so that
+	others can draw metacity themes.
+
 2002-11-06  Havoc Pennington  <hp@pobox.com>
 
 	* src/keybindings.c (grab_keys): push an error trap around the
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index ecde2b0a3..0316cacca 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ AC_OUTPUT([
 Makefile
 src/Makefile
 src/wm-tester/Makefile
+src/libmetacity-private.pc
 src/tools/Makefile
 src/themes/Makefile
 po/Makefile.in
diff --git a/src/.cvsignore b/src/.cvsignore
index 882ef49cb..4478a102a 100644
--- a/src/.cvsignore
+++ b/src/.cvsignore
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ testgradient
 inlinepixbufs.h
 metacity.desktop
 metacity.schemas
+libmetacity-private.pc
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index c39d6c679..6e005f25c 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+lib_LTLIBRARIES = libmetacity-private.la
 
 SUBDIRS=wm-tester tools themes
 
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ metacity_SOURCES= 				\
 	xprops.h				\
 	$(EGGFILES)
 
-metacity_theme_viewer_SOURCES=  \
+libmetacity_private_la_SOURCES=	\
 	gradient.c		\
 	gradient.h		\
 	preview-widget.c	\
@@ -89,10 +90,21 @@ metacity_theme_viewer_SOURCES=  \
 	theme.h			\
 	theme-parser.c		\
 	theme-parser.h		\
-	theme-viewer.c		\
 	util.c			\
 	util.h	
 
+libmetacityincludedir = $(includedir)/metacity-1/metacity-private
+
+libmetacityinclude_HEADERS =	\
+	gradient.h		\
+	preview-widget.h	\
+	theme.h			\
+	theme-parser.h		\
+	util.h
+
+metacity_theme_viewer_SOURCES=  \
+	theme-viewer.c
+
 metacity_dialog_SOURCES= 	\
 	metacity-dialog.c
 
@@ -100,7 +112,7 @@ bin_PROGRAMS=metacity metacity-theme-viewer
 libexec_PROGRAMS=metacity-dialog
 
 metacity_LDADD= @METACITY_LIBS@
-metacity_theme_viewer_LDADD= @METACITY_LIBS@
+metacity_theme_viewer_LDADD= @METACITY_LIBS@ libmetacity-private.la
 metacity_dialog_LDADD=@METACITY_LIBS@
 
 testgradient_SOURCES=gradient.h gradient.c testgradient.c
@@ -137,7 +149,17 @@ CLEANFILES = inlinepixbufs.h
 inlinepixbufs.h: $(IMAGES)
 	   $(GDK_PIXBUF_CSOURCE) --raw --build-list $(VARIABLES) >$(srcdir)/inlinepixbufs.h
 
-EXTRA_DIST=$(desktopfiles_DATA) $(IMAGES) $(schema_DATA) update-from-egg.sh $(desktopfiles_in_files) $(schema_in_files)
+pkgconfigdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
+
+pkgconfig_DATA = libmetacity-private.pc
+
+EXTRA_DIST=$(desktopfiles_DATA) 	\
+	$(IMAGES) $(schema_DATA) 	\
+	update-from-egg.sh		\
+	$(desktopfiles_in_files)	\
+	$(schema_in_files)		\
+	libmetacity-private.pc.in
+
 
 EGGDIR=$(srcdir)/../../libegg/libegg
 
diff --git a/src/libmetacity-private.pc.in b/src/libmetacity-private.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3f034b625
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libmetacity-private.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+prefix=@prefix@
+exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
+libdir=@libdir@
+includedir=@includedir@
+libgnome_serverdir=@libexecdir@
+
+Name: libmetacity-private
+Description: Metacity internals shared 
+Requires: gtk+-2.0
+Version: @VERSION@
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lmetacity-private
+Cflags: -I${includedir}/metacity-1