--- shell/Makefile.orig.am	2013-03-01 11:03:35.043140465 +0100
+++ shell/Makefile.am	2013-03-01 11:03:42.973113146 +0100
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 
 libcinnamon_control_center_includedir = $(includedir)/cinnamon-control-center-1/libcinnamon-control-center
 
-pkgconfigdir=$(libdir)/pkgconfig
+pkgconfigdir=$(prefix)/libdata/pkgconfig
 pkgconfig_DATA=libcinnamon-control-center.pc
 
 AM_CPPFLAGS =							\