diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/pipewire/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/pipewire/default.nix
index 44cf13bddebe..d8f0d7f4d8de 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/pipewire/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/pipewire/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   stdenv,
   lib,
+  testers,
   fetchFromGitLab,
   python3,
   meson,
@@ -220,7 +221,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     moveToOutput "bin/pw-jack" "$jack"
   '';
 
-  passthru.tests.installed-tests = nixosTests.installed-tests.pipewire;
+  passthru.tests = {
+    installed-tests = nixosTests.installed-tests.pipewire;
+    pkg-config = testers.hasPkgConfigModules {
+      package = finalAttrs.finalPackage;
+    };
+  };
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Server and user space API to deal with multimedia pipelines";
@@ -232,5 +238,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       kranzes
       k900
     ];
+    pkgConfigModules = [
+      "libpipewire-0.3"
+      "libspa-0.2"
+    ];
   };
 })