diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 3f93f19..513e127 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@
              example/Makefile.am example/gjobread.c example/gjobs.xml \
 	     $(man_MANS) libxml-2.0.pc.in
 
-pkgconfigdir = $(libexecdir)/pkgconfig
+pkgconfigdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
 pkgconfig_DATA = libxml-2.0.pc
 
 xmlConf.sh: xmlConf.sh.in Makefile