diff --git a/pkg-config/jsoncpp.pc.in b/pkg-config/jsoncpp.pc.in
index bfaa0ddec..dea51f512 100644
--- a/pkg-config/jsoncpp.pc.in
+++ b/pkg-config/jsoncpp.pc.in
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
-exec_prefix=${prefix}
-libdir=${exec_prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@
-includedir=${prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR@
+libdir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@
+includedir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR@
 
 Name: jsoncpp
 Description: A C++ library for interacting with JSON