diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 19ecdbc7c4..3b6cb9e16c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1122,8 +1122,8 @@ if(NOT WIN32 OR ROCKSDB_INSTALL_ON_WINDOWS)
   )
 
   configure_file(
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${PROJECT_NAME}.pc.in
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${PROJECT_NAME}.pc
+    ${PROJECT_NAME}.pc.in
+    ${PROJECT_NAME}.pc
     @ONLY
   )
 
diff --git a/rocksdb.pc.in b/rocksdb.pc.in
index 0bbb625fe9..5217a4518f 100644
--- a/rocksdb.pc.in
+++ b/rocksdb.pc.in
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 prefix="@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@"
-exec_prefix="${prefix}"
-libdir="${prefix}/lib"
-includedir="${prefix}/include"
+includedir="${prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR@"
+libdir="${prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@"
 
 Name: @PROJECT_NAME@
-Description: @CMAKE_PROJECT_DESCRIPTION@
-URL: @CMAKE_PROJECT_HOMEPAGE_URL@
+Description: @PROJECT_DESCRIPTION@
+URL: @PROJECT_HOMEPAGE_URL@
 Version: @PROJECT_VERSION@
 Cflags: -I"${includedir}"
 Libs: -L"${libdir}" -lrocksdb