This paper concerns controller design for the Takagi-Sugeno (TS) fuzzy systems. The design method proposed in this paper is derived in the framework of the optimal control theory utilizing the piecewise quadratic optimal value functions. The major part of the proposed design procedure consists of solving linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). Since LMIs can be solved efficiently within a given tolerance by the recently developed interior point methods, the design procedure of this paper is useful in practice. A design example is given to illustrate the applicability of the proposed method.