diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0ba726a..c9ec0d7 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ install(FILES
         "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${cmake_conf_version_file}"
   DESTINATION ${CMAKE_CONFIG_INSTALL_DIR} COMPONENT cmake)
 
+string(REGEX REPLACE "[^/]+" ".." RELATIVE_PATH_LIBDIR_TO_PREFIX "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}")
+
 set(PKG_DESC "Console Bridge")
 set(PKG_CB_LIBS "-l${PROJECT_NAME}")
 set(pkg_conf_file "console_bridge.pc")
diff --git a/console_bridge.pc.in b/console_bridge.pc.in
index 85e30b0..a080501 100644
--- a/console_bridge.pc.in
+++ b/console_bridge.pc.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # This file was generated by CMake for @PROJECT_NAME@
-prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
+prefix=${pcfiledir}/../@RELATIVE_PATH_LIBDIR_TO_PREFIX@
 exec_prefix=${prefix}
 libdir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@
 includedir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR@