diff --git a/src/libvirt-lxc.pc.in b/src/libvirt-lxc.pc.in
index 20f173b6486f8ef9ce75f0f88f896ec4e5536d32..88e431b7f5c7c77a555a5ba39d2873d4684f8ca0 100644
--- a/src/libvirt-lxc.pc.in
+++ b/src/libvirt-lxc.pc.in
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 prefix=@abs_top_builddir@
 exec_prefix=@abs_top_builddir@
-libdir=@abs_top_builddir@/src
+libdir=@abs_top_builddir@/src/.libs
 includedir=@abs_top_builddir@/include
 datarootdir=@abs_top_builddir@
 
diff --git a/src/libvirt-qemu.pc.in b/src/libvirt-qemu.pc.in
index 1e2cadf469de1b7d4e6a1da1b33667689f8ac6bc..ed1f68a0619f4fd55eede33e13c3f903e28340c8 100644
--- a/src/libvirt-qemu.pc.in
+++ b/src/libvirt-qemu.pc.in
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 prefix=@abs_top_builddir@
 exec_prefix=@abs_top_builddir@
-libdir=@abs_top_builddir@/src
+libdir=@abs_top_builddir@/src/.libs
 includedir=@abs_top_builddir@/include
 datarootdir=@abs_top_builddir@
 
diff --git a/src/libvirt.pc.in b/src/libvirt.pc.in
index fa798cfd412b889b6e035498c1f372a4d2f28f43..c2bdbb2b17ac05a19c268f5a2682e71315197288 100644
--- a/src/libvirt.pc.in
+++ b/src/libvirt.pc.in
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 prefix=@abs_top_builddir@
 exec_prefix=@abs_top_builddir@
-libdir=@abs_top_builddir@/src
+libdir=@abs_top_builddir@/src/.libs
 includedir=@abs_top_builddir@/include
 datarootdir=@abs_top_builddir@