2 files changed, 25 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/debian/tests/control b/debian/tests/control
index 540b727bb..a12ae6f99 100644
--- a/debian/tests/control
+++ b/debian/tests/control
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-Tests: run-tests
+Tests: run-tests, pkg-config-test
 Restrictions: allow-stderr
 Depends: @, @builddeps@, dpkg, fakeroot, wget, stunnel4, lsof, db-util,
          gnupg (>= 2) | gnupg2,
          gnupg1 | gnupg (<< 2),
          gpgv (>= 2) | gpgv2,
          gpgv1 | gpgv (<< 2),
-         libfile-fcntllock-perl, python3-apt, aptitude
+         libfile-fcntllock-perl, python3-apt, aptitude,
+         pkg-config
diff --git a/debian/tests/pkg-config-test b/debian/tests/pkg-config-test
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cb8d1ffb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/tests/pkg-config-test
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+WORKDIR=$(mktemp -d)
+trap "rm -rf $WORKDIR" 0 INT QUIT ABRT PIPE TERM
+cd $WORKDIR
+cat <<EOF > pkgconfigtest.c
+#include <apt-pkg/init.h>
+
+int main()
+{
+    printf("Apt Version: %s \n", pkgVersion);
+    return 0;
+}
+EOF
+
+g++ -o pkgconfigtest pkgconfigtest.c `pkg-config --cflags --libs apt-pkg apt-inst`
+echo "build: OK"
+[ -x pkgconfigtest ]
+./pkgconfigtest
+echo "run: OK"