diff --git a/libtracefs.changes b/libtracefs.changes
index f28c4c9..f8ffe72 100644
--- a/libtracefs.changes
+++ b/libtracefs.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Feb 22 12:34:56 UTC 2022 - olaf@aepfle.de
+
+- Force correct pkgconfig_dir location to fix build
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Jan 19 13:13:55 UTC 2022 - Dario Faggioli <dfaggioli@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/libtracefs.spec b/libtracefs.spec
index eafb572..eb2b4f8 100644
--- a/libtracefs.spec
+++ b/libtracefs.spec
@@ -56,7 +56,9 @@ This subpackage contains the header files.
 %make_build prefix="%_prefix"
 
 %install
-%make_install prefix="%_prefix"
+%make_install prefix="%_prefix" \
+	pkgconfig_dir=%{_libdir}/pkgconfig \
+        %nil
 # always the same issues
 find "%buildroot/%_includedir" -type f -name "*.h" -exec chmod a-x {} +
 rm -f "%buildroot/%_libdir"/*.a