diff --git a/libde265.pc.in b/libde265.pc.in
index 42347dda..1a30a058 100644
--- a/libde265.pc.in
+++ b/libde265.pc.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
-exec_prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
-libdir=${exec_prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@
-includedir=${prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR@
+prefix=@prefix@
+exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
+libdir=@libdir@
+includedir=@includedir@
 
 Name: libde265
 Description: H.265/HEVC video decoder.
diff --git a/libde265/CMakeLists.txt b/libde265/CMakeLists.txt
index 927d1884..2e3db4b7 100644
--- a/libde265/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libde265/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -131,5 +131,9 @@ install(EXPORT libde265Config DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/cmake/libde26
 install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libde265ConfigVersion.cmake DESTINATION
     "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/cmake/libde265")
 
+set(prefix ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX})
+set(exec_prefix "$\{prefix\}")
+set(libdir "$\{exec_prefix\}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}")
+set(includedir "$\{prefix\}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}")
 configure_file(../libde265.pc.in ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libde265.pc @ONLY)
 install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libde265.pc DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/pkgconfig)