diff --git a/lib/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
index ac1de96..4b44cc1 100644
--- a/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -83,13 +83,13 @@ set_target_properties(tree-sitter
 
 target_compile_definitions(tree-sitter PRIVATE _POSIX_C_SOURCE=200112L _DEFAULT_SOURCE)
 
-configure_file(tree-sitter.pc.in "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/tree-sitter.pc" @ONLY)
-
 include(GNUInstallDirs)
 
+configure_file(tree-sitter.pc.in "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/tree-sitter.pc" @ONLY)
+
 install(FILES include/tree_sitter/api.h
         DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/tree_sitter")
 install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/tree-sitter.pc"
-        DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATAROOTDIR}/pkgconfig")
+        DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/pkgconfig")
 install(TARGETS tree-sitter
         LIBRARY DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}")