diff --git a/yaml-cpp.pc.in b/yaml-cpp.pc.in
index f713de636..d02dc9e56 100644
--- a/yaml-cpp.pc.in
+++ b/yaml-cpp.pc.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
 exec_prefix=${prefix}
-includedir=${prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR@
-libdir=${exec_prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@
+includedir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR@
+libdir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@
 
 Name: Yaml-cpp
 Description: A YAML parser and emitter for C++