diff --git a/docs/markdown/Dependencies.md b/docs/markdown/Dependencies.md
index 2789ee003..50dbcf501 100644
--- a/docs/markdown/Dependencies.md
+++ b/docs/markdown/Dependencies.md
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ The `language` keyword may used.
 
 *(added 0.51.0)*
 
-`method` may be `auto` or `config-tool`.
+`method` may be `auto`, `config-tool` or `pkg-config`.
 
 ## Python3
 
diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/gpgme-config.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/gpgme-config.md
index 08a7d383e..65569fbf7 100644
--- a/docs/markdown/snippets/gpgme-config.md
+++ b/docs/markdown/snippets/gpgme-config.md
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 ## gpgme dependency now supports gpgme-config
 
-Previously, we could only detect GPGME with custom invocations of `gpgme-config`. Now we added support to Meson allowing us to use `dependency('gpgme')` instead.
+Previously, we could only detect GPGME with custom invocations of `gpgme-config` or when the GPGME version was recent enough (>=1.13.0) to install pkg-config files. Now we added support to Meson allowing us to use `dependency('gpgme')` and fall back on `gpgme-config` parsing.
diff --git a/mesonbuild/dependencies/misc.py b/mesonbuild/dependencies/misc.py
index 219b3d6ec..29149aa5f 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/dependencies/misc.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/dependencies/misc.py
@@ -680,6 +680,9 @@ class GpgmeDependency(ExternalDependency):
         methods = cls._process_method_kw(kwargs)
         candidates = []
 
+        if DependencyMethods.PKGCONFIG in methods:
+            candidates.append(functools.partial(PkgConfigDependency, 'gpgme', environment, kwargs))
+
         if DependencyMethods.CONFIG_TOOL in methods:
             candidates.append(functools.partial(ConfigToolDependency.factory,
                                                 'gpgme', environment, None, kwargs, ['gpgme-config'],
@@ -696,7 +699,7 @@ class GpgmeDependency(ExternalDependency):
 
     @staticmethod
     def get_methods():
-        return [DependencyMethods.CONFIG_TOOL]
+        return [DependencyMethods.PKGCONFIG, DependencyMethods.CONFIG_TOOL]
 
 
 class ShadercDependency(ExternalDependency):