diff --git a/cli/src/templates/cmakelists.cmake b/cli/src/templates/cmakelists.cmake
index ee6fe2b4..34dd8efc 100644
--- a/cli/src/templates/cmakelists.cmake
+++ b/cli/src/templates/cmakelists.cmake
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ if(NOT ${TREE_SITTER_ABI_VERSION} MATCHES "^[0-9]+$")
     message(FATAL_ERROR "TREE_SITTER_ABI_VERSION must be an integer")
 endif()
 
+include(GNUInstallDirs)
+
 find_program(TREE_SITTER_CLI tree-sitter DOC "Tree-sitter CLI")
 
 add_custom_command(OUTPUT "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/parser.c"
@@ -47,13 +49,11 @@ set_target_properties(tree-sitter-KEBAB_PARSER_NAME
 configure_file(bindings/c/tree-sitter-KEBAB_PARSER_NAME.pc.in
                "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/tree-sitter-KEBAB_PARSER_NAME.pc" @ONLY)
 
-include(GNUInstallDirs)
-
 install(DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/bindings/c/tree_sitter"
         DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}"
         FILES_MATCHING PATTERN "*.h")
 install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/tree-sitter-KEBAB_PARSER_NAME.pc"
-        DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATAROOTDIR}/pkgconfig")
+        DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/pkgconfig")
 install(TARGETS tree-sitter-KEBAB_PARSER_NAME
         LIBRARY DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}")
 
diff --git a/lib/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
index 34dde038..29c38d39 100644
--- a/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -83,13 +83,13 @@ set_target_properties(tree-sitter
 
 target_compile_definitions(tree-sitter PRIVATE _POSIX_C_SOURCE=200112L _DEFAULT_SOURCE)
 
-configure_file(tree-sitter.pc.in "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/tree-sitter.pc" @ONLY)
-
 include(GNUInstallDirs)
 
+configure_file(tree-sitter.pc.in "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/tree-sitter.pc" @ONLY)
+
 install(FILES include/tree_sitter/api.h
         DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/tree_sitter")
 install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/tree-sitter.pc"
-        DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATAROOTDIR}/pkgconfig")
+        DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/pkgconfig")
 install(TARGETS tree-sitter
         LIBRARY DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}")