diff --git a/srcpkgs/xbps-devel/template b/srcpkgs/xbps-devel/template
index f9bf35068ca..127a60954d3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xbps-devel/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xbps-devel/template
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ pkgname=xbps-devel
 version="$(date -u +%Y%m%d)"
 build_style=configure
 configure_args="--prefix=/ --includedir=/usr/include
---datadir=/usr/share --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-pie"
+--datadir=/usr/share --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-pie
+--pkgconfigdir=/usr/lib/pkgconfig"
 short_desc="The XBPS package system (development branch)"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://code.google.com/p/xbps"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/xbps-devel/xbps-devel-static.template b/srcpkgs/xbps-devel/xbps-devel-static.template
index d80619b47ef..3cea4e76a86 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xbps-devel/xbps-devel-static.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xbps-devel/xbps-devel-static.template
@@ -16,4 +16,5 @@ do_install()
 	vmove usr/include usr
 	vmove "sbin/*.static" sbin
 	vmove "lib/*.a" usr/lib
+	vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig usr/lib
 }