diff --git a/CMake/dcmtk.pc.in b/CMake/dcmtk.pc.in
index 13c79c0d5..b1edf725c 100644
--- a/CMake/dcmtk.pc.in
+++ b/CMake/dcmtk.pc.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
  prefix="@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@"
  exec_prefix="${prefix}"
- libdir="${prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@"
+ libdir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@"
  includedir="${prefix}/include/"
 
  Name: DCMTK