diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6245b4e5..17944664 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ set(gz_version_output "${PROJECT_NAME_LOWER}-config-version.cmake")
 set(gz_config_install_dir "${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATAROOTDIR}/cmake/${PROJECT_NAME_LOWER}")
 set(gz_pkgconfig_input "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/config/gz-cmake.pc.in")
 set(gz_pkgconfig_output "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${PROJECT_NAME}.pc")
-set(gz_pkgconfig_install_dir "${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR}/pkgconfig")
+set(gz_pkgconfig_install_dir "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/pkgconfig")
+set(gz_pkgconfig_abs_install_dir "${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR}/pkgconfig")
 set(gz_utilities_target ${PROJECT_EXPORT_NAME}-utilities)
 set(gz_utilities_import_target_name ${PROJECT_EXPORT_NAME}::${gz_utilities_target})
 set(gz_utilities_target_output_filename "${gz_utilities_target}-targets.cmake")
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ install(
 # Configure and install the pkgconfig file (needed for utilities headers)
 file(RELATIVE_PATH
   GZ_PC_CONFIG_RELATIVE_PATH_TO_PREFIX
-  "${gz_pkgconfig_install_dir}"
+  "${gz_pkgconfig_abs_install_dir}"
   "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}"
 )
 
diff --git a/cmake/GzPackaging.cmake b/cmake/GzPackaging.cmake
index 1e7d8004..d131193d 100644
--- a/cmake/GzPackaging.cmake
+++ b/cmake/GzPackaging.cmake
@@ -199,10 +199,11 @@ function(_gz_create_pkgconfig)
   endif()
 
   set(pkgconfig_output "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/cmake/pkgconfig/${target_name}.pc")
-  set(pkgconfig_install_dir "${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR}/pkgconfig")
+  set(pkgconfig_install_dir "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/pkgconfig")
+  set(pkgconfig_abs_install_dir "${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR}/pkgconfig")
   file(RELATIVE_PATH
     PC_CONFIG_RELATIVE_PATH_TO_PREFIX
-    "${pkgconfig_install_dir}"
+    "${pkgconfig_abs_install_dir}"
     "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}"
   )