diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7bc3331c..fa025e41 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ add_subdirectory(src)
 
 # pkg-config file
 if (UNIX OR MINGW)
-configure_file(libssh.pc.cmake ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libssh.pc)
+configure_file(libssh.pc.cmake ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libssh.pc @ONLY)
 install(
   FILES
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libssh.pc
diff --git a/libssh.pc.cmake b/libssh.pc.cmake
index b37cb3fc..f288b94d 100644
--- a/libssh.pc.cmake
+++ b/libssh.pc.cmake
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
-Name: ${PROJECT_NAME}
-Description: The SSH Library
-Version: ${PROJECT_VERSION}
-Libs: -L${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR} -lssh
-Cflags: -I${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR}
+prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
+exec_prefix=${prefix}
+libdir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@
+includedir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR@
 
+Name: @PROJECT_NAME@
+Description: The SSH Library
+Version: @PROJECT_VERSION@
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lssh
+Cflags: -I${includedir}