diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a2280a0..bfd4000 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,14 +5,16 @@ FIND_PACKAGE (Threads REQUIRED)
 
 set (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG} -Wall -fno-omit-frame-pointer ")
 set (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE} -Wall ")
+
+# Set CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR if not defined
+include(GNUInstallDirs)
+
 # Older cmake might not pick CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR right
 if (CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR)
   set (LIB_INSTALL_DIR "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}" CACHE PATH "Installation path for libraries")
 else ()
   set (LIB_INSTALL_DIR "lib" CACHE PATH "Installation path for libraries")
 endif ()
-# Set CMAKE_LIB_INSTALL_DIR if not defined
-include(GNUInstallDirs)
 
 # By default, build shared object libraries on linux
 if (UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
diff --git a/src/mraa.pc.cmake b/src/mraa.pc.cmake
index fb5c0b1..33de3af 100644
--- a/src/mraa.pc.cmake
+++ b/src/mraa.pc.cmake
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
 exec_prefix=${prefix}
-libdir=${exec_prefix}/lib@LIB_SUFFIX@
+libdir=${exec_prefix}/@LIB_INSTALL_DIR@
 includedir=${prefix}/include
 
 Name: mraa