diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 96ce9dd758..eb582aa1a7 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([
   src/libprojectM/Renderer/Makefile
   src/libprojectM/NativePresetFactory/Makefile
   src/libprojectM/MilkdropPresetFactory/Makefile
+  src/libprojectM/libprojectM.pc
   src/NativePresets/Makefile
   src/projectM-sdl/Makefile
   src/projectM-qt/Makefile
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index ea0af3a369..85478b4deb 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -7,3 +7,7 @@ if ENABLE_QT
 endif
 
 SUBDIRS=libprojectM NativePresets ${PROJECTM_SDL_SUBDIR} ${PROJECTM_QT_SUBDIR}
+
+# system headers/libraries/data to install
+# for compatibility reasons here as nobase_include
+nobase_include_HEADERS = libprojectM/projectM.hpp libprojectM/Common.hpp libprojectM/dlldefs.h libprojectM/event.h libprojectM/fatal.h libprojectM/PCM.hpp
diff --git a/src/libprojectM/Makefile.am b/src/libprojectM/Makefile.am
index 73d8353f61..12d16cac40 100644
--- a/src/libprojectM/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/libprojectM/Makefile.am
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ AM_CPPFLAGS = \
 	-I$(top_srcdir)/src/libprojectM/Renderer \
 	$(FTGL_CFLAGS) $(CG_CFLAGS)
 
-# system headers/libraries/data to install
-include_HEADERS = projectM.hpp Common.hpp dlldefs.h event.h fatal.h PCM.hpp
 lib_LTLIBRARIES = libprojectM.la  # public, possibly-shared library
 
 # link flags
@@ -48,6 +46,6 @@ libprojectM_la_SOURCES = ConfigFile.cpp Preset.cpp PresetLoader.cpp timer.cpp \
 	omptl/omptl_algorithm
 
 pkgconfigdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
-# pkgconfig_DATA = src/libprojectM.pc
-# EXTRA_DIST += src/libprojectM.pc.in
-# CLEANFILES += src/libprojectM.pc
+pkgconfig_DATA = libprojectM.pc
+EXTRA_DIST += libprojectM.pc.in
+CLEANFILES += libprojectM.pc
diff --git a/src/libprojectM/libprojectM.pc.in b/src/libprojectM/libprojectM.pc.in
index 90de752310..84f6694e85 100644
--- a/src/libprojectM/libprojectM.pc.in
+++ b/src/libprojectM/libprojectM.pc.in
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
-exec_prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
-libdir=@LIB_INSTALL_DIR@
-includedir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/include
-pkgdatadir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/@RESOURCE_PREFIX@
-sysconfdir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/@RESOURCE_PREFIX@
+prefix=@prefix@
+exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
+libdir=@libdir@
+includedir=@includedir@
+pkgdatadir=@datadir@/@PACKAGE_NAME@
+sysconfdir=@datadir@/@PACKAGE_NAME@
 
 Name: libprojectM
-Version: @PROJECTM_VERSION@
+Version: @PACKAGE_VERSION@
 Description: projectM - OpenGL Milkdrop
 Requires:
 Libs: -L${libdir} -lprojectM