diff --git a/lib/libzfs/Makefile.am b/lib/libzfs/Makefile.am
index 421970413d..c13184378d 100644
--- a/lib/libzfs/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/libzfs/Makefile.am
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ VPATH = \
 # Suppress unused but set variable warnings often due to ASSERTs
 AM_CFLAGS += $(NO_UNUSED_BUT_SET_VARIABLE)
 
-libzfs_pcdir = $(datarootdir)/pkgconfig
+libzfs_pcdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
 libzfs_pc_DATA = libzfs.pc libzfs_core.pc
 
 DEFAULT_INCLUDES += \
diff --git a/rpm/generic/zfs.spec.in b/rpm/generic/zfs.spec.in
index 545627d4bf..5d2536420c 100644
--- a/rpm/generic/zfs.spec.in
+++ b/rpm/generic/zfs.spec.in
@@ -471,8 +471,8 @@ systemctl --system daemon-reload >/dev/null || true
 %{_libdir}/libzfs*.so.*
 
 %files -n libzfs2-devel
-%{_datarootdir}/pkgconfig/libzfs.pc
-%{_datarootdir}/pkgconfig/libzfs_core.pc
+%{_libdir}/pkgconfig/libzfs.pc
+%{_libdir}/pkgconfig/libzfs_core.pc
 %{_libdir}/*.so
 %{_includedir}/*
 %doc AUTHORS COPYRIGHT LICENSE NOTICE README.md