diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f39a7743..7c9d4fc2 100755
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ set(PRIVATE_LIBS "-lOpenMeshCore -lOpenMeshTools")
 
 configure_file("openmesh.pc.in" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/openmesh.pc" @ONLY)
 
-install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/openmesh.pc DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/libdata/pkgconfig)
+install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/openmesh.pc DESTINATION libdata/pkgconfig)
 
 # generate target file