diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4b4c8cf..dc0c6d5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -509,6 +509,26 @@ INSTALL(
 # End libnetcdf-cxx.settings section.
 #####
 
+#####
+# Begin ncxx4-config section
+#####
+
+FILE(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${NCXX_BINARY_DIR}/tmp)
+CONFIGURE_FILE("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ncxx4-config.cmake.in"
+        "${NCXX_BINARY_DIR}/tmp/ncxx4-config" @ONLY)
+FILE(COPY "${NCXX_BINARY_DIR}/tmp/ncxx4-config"
+        DESTINATION ${NCXX_BINARY_DIR}/
+        FILE_PERMISSIONS OWNER_READ OWNER_WRITE OWNER_EXECUTE GROUP_READ GROUP_EXECUTE WORLD_READ WORLD_EXECUTE)
+
+INSTALL(PROGRAMS ${NCXX_BINARY_DIR}/ncxx4-config
+        DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}
+        COMPONENT utilities)
+
+#####
+# End ncxx4-config section
+#####
+
+
 #####
 # Options
 #####
diff --git a/ncxx4-config.cmake.in b/ncxx4-config.cmake.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..84a00de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ncxx4-config.cmake.in
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+#
+# This forms the basis for the ncxx4-config utility, which tells you
+# various things about the netCDF C++ library installation.
+
+prefix="@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@"
+exec_prefix="@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@"
+libdir="@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@"
+includedir="@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/@CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR@"
+
+cc="@CMAKE_C_COMPILER@"
+cxx="@CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER@"
+
+cflags="-I@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/@CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR@"
+
+libs="-L@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@ @NC_LIBS@"
+
+has_dap="@USE_DAP@"
+if [ -z $has_dap ]; then
+        has_dap="no"
+else
+has_dap="yes"
+fi
+
+has_nc2="@BUILD_V2@"
+if [ -z $has_nc2 -o "$has_nc2" = "OFF" ]; then
+        has_nc2="no"
+else
+has_nc2="yes"
+fi
+
+has_nc4="@USE_NETCDF4@"
+if [ -z $has_nc4 ]; then
+        has_nc4="no"
+else
+has_nc4="yes"
+fi
+
+version="@PACKAGE@ @VERSION@"
+
+usage()
+{
+    cat <<EOF
+Usage: ncxx4-config [OPTION]
+
+Available values for OPTION include:
+
+  --help        display this help message and exit
+  --all         display all options
+  --cc          C compiler
+  --cxx         C++ compiler
+  --cflags      pre-processor and compiler flags
+  --has-dap     whether OPeNDAP is enabled in this build
+  --has-nc2     whether NetCDF-2 API is enabled
+  --has-nc4     whether NetCDF-4/HDF-5 is enabled in this build
+  --libs        library linking information for netcdf
+  --prefix      Install prefix
+  --includedir  Include directory
+  --version     Library version
+
+EOF
+
+    exit $1
+}
+
+all()
+{
+        echo
+        echo "This $version has been built with the following features: "
+        echo
+        echo "  --cc        -> $cc"
+        echo "  --cflags    -> $cflags"
+        echo "  --libs      -> $libs"
+        echo
+        echo "  --cxx       -> $cxx"
+        echo
+        echo "  --has-dap   -> $has_dap"
+        echo "  --has-nc2   -> $has_nc2"
+        echo "  --has-nc4   -> $has_nc4"
+	echo
+        echo "  --prefix    -> $prefix"
+        echo "  --includedir-> $includedir"
+        echo "  --version   -> $version"
+        echo
+}
+
+if test $# -eq 0; then
+    usage 1
+fi
+
+while test $# -gt 0; do
+    case "$1" in
+    # this deals with options in the style
+    # --option=value and extracts the value part
+    # [not currently used]
+    -*=*) value=`echo "$1" | sed 's/[-_a-zA-Z0-9]*=//'` ;;
+    *) value= ;;
+    esac
+
+    case "$1" in
+
+    --help)
+	usage 0
+	;;
+
+    --all)
+	all
+	;;
+
+    --cc)
+	echo $cc
+	;;
+
+    --cxx)
+	echo $cxx
+	;;
+
+    --cflags)
+	echo $cflags
+	;;
+
+     --libs)
+       	echo $libs
+       	;;
+
+    --has-dap)
+       	echo $has_dap
+       	;;
+
+    --has-nc2)
+       	echo $has_nc2
+       	;;
+
+    --has-nc4)
+       	echo $has_nc4
+       	;;
+
+    --prefix)
+       	echo "${prefix}"
+       	;;
+
+    --includedir)
+       	echo "${includedir}"
+       	;;
+
+    --version)
+	echo $version
+	;;
+
+    *)
+        echo "unknown option: $1"
+	usage
+	exit 1
+	;;
+    esac
+    shift
+done
+
+exit 0