diff --git a/src/libvirt-lxc.pc.in b/src/libvirt-lxc.pc.in
index b9e131954b..27e3de4244 100644
--- a/src/libvirt-lxc.pc.in
+++ b/src/libvirt-lxc.pc.in
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ exec_prefix=@abs_top_builddir@
 libdir=@abs_top_builddir@/src/.libs
 includedir=@abs_top_builddir@/include
 source_includedir=@abs_top_srcdir@/include
-datarootdir=@abs_top_srcdir@
+datarootdir=@abs_top_builddir@
 
 libvirt_lxc_api=@datadir@/docs/libvirt-lxc-api.xml
 
diff --git a/src/libvirt-qemu.pc.in b/src/libvirt-qemu.pc.in
index 173ec5c50e..3eb9ad4bc1 100644
--- a/src/libvirt-qemu.pc.in
+++ b/src/libvirt-qemu.pc.in
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ exec_prefix=@abs_top_builddir@
 libdir=@abs_top_builddir@/src/.libs
 includedir=@abs_top_builddir@/include
 source_includedir=@abs_top_srcdir@/include
-datarootdir=@abs_top_srcdir@
+datarootdir=@abs_top_builddir@
 
 libvirt_qemu_api=@datadir@/docs/libvirt-qemu-api.xml
 
diff --git a/src/libvirt.pc.in b/src/libvirt.pc.in
index 9fe2f1f694..6ff1ce6272 100644
--- a/src/libvirt.pc.in
+++ b/src/libvirt.pc.in
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ exec_prefix=@abs_top_builddir@
 libdir=@abs_top_builddir@/src/.libs
 includedir=@abs_top_builddir@/include
 source_includedir=@abs_top_srcdir@/include
-datarootdir=@abs_top_srcdir@
+datarootdir=@abs_top_builddir@
 
 libvirt_api=@datadir@/docs/libvirt-api.xml