diff --git a/libpulse-mainloop-glib.pc.in b/libpulse-mainloop-glib.pc.in
index 72631c927..23d84217a 100644
--- a/libpulse-mainloop-glib.pc.in
+++ b/libpulse-mainloop-glib.pc.in
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ Name: libpulse-mainloop-glib
 Description: PulseAudio GLib 2.0 Main Loop Wrapper
 Version: @PACKAGE_VERSION@
 Libs: -L${libdir} -lpulse-mainloop-glib @PTHREAD_LIBS@
-Libs.private: -lpulsecommon-@PA_MAJORMINOR@
+Libs.private: -L${libdir}/pulseaudio -lpulsecommon-@PA_MAJORMINOR@
 Cflags: -I${includedir} -D_REENTRANT
 Requires: libpulse glib-2.0
diff --git a/libpulse-simple.pc.in b/libpulse-simple.pc.in
index ce969765a..dc855fd5a 100644
--- a/libpulse-simple.pc.in
+++ b/libpulse-simple.pc.in
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ Name: libpulse-simple
 Description: PulseAudio Simplified Synchronous Client Interface
 Version: @PACKAGE_VERSION@
 Libs: -L${libdir} -lpulse-simple @PTHREAD_LIBS@
-Libs.private: -lpulsecommon-@PA_MAJORMINOR@
+Libs.private: -L${libdir}/pulseaudio -lpulsecommon-@PA_MAJORMINOR@
 Cflags: -I${includedir} -D_REENTRANT
 Requires: libpulse
diff --git a/libpulse.pc.in b/libpulse.pc.in
index b437255f4..23d888bb9 100644
--- a/libpulse.pc.in
+++ b/libpulse.pc.in
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ Name: libpulse
 Description: PulseAudio Client Interface
 Version: @PACKAGE_VERSION@
 Libs: -L${libdir} -lpulse @PTHREAD_LIBS@
-Libs.private: -lpulsecommon-@PA_MAJORMINOR@
+Libs.private: -L${libdir}/pulseaudio -lpulsecommon-@PA_MAJORMINOR@
 Cflags: -I${includedir} -D_REENTRANT