diff --git a/meta/packages/pkgconfig/pkgconfig.inc b/meta/packages/pkgconfig/pkgconfig.inc
index ed9e7e69af..a246c8750f 100644
--- a/meta/packages/pkgconfig/pkgconfig.inc
+++ b/meta/packages/pkgconfig/pkgconfig.inc
@@ -21,5 +21,5 @@ do_configure_prepend () {
 }
 
 do_stage_prepend() {
-	install -d -m 0755 ${STAGING_DATADIR}/pkgconfig
+	install -d -m 0755 ${STAGING_LIBDIR}/pkgconfig
 }