diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8afb25d0a..175791651 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -796,7 +796,7 @@ JOIN("-I${DEPENDENCIES_INCLUDE_DIRS}" " -I" PKGCONFIG_OSRM_INCLUDE_FLAGS)
 JOIN("${ENGINE_LIBRARIES}" " " PKGCONFIG_OSRM_DEPENDENT_LIBRARIES)
 
 configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/pkgconfig.in libosrm.pc @ONLY)
-install(FILES ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/libosrm.pc DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/pkgconfig)
+install(FILES ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/libosrm.pc DESTINATION ${PKGCONFIG_LIBRARY_DIR}/pkgconfig)
 
 # uninstall target
 configure_file(