diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/pdal/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/pdal/default.nix
index a6a594883712..c85459c244c9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/pdal/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/pdal/default.nix
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     sha256 = "sha256-ukBZLr/iyYQ68sv9JWrR4YP0ahHfGhytgcWKPzrF3Ps=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    ./pdal.pc.in.patch
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     cmake
     pkg-config
@@ -124,7 +128,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       version = "pdal ${finalAttrs.finalPackage.version}";
     };
     pdal = callPackage ./tests.nix { pdal = finalAttrs.finalPackage; };
-    pkg-config = testers.testMetaPkgConfig finalAttrs.finalPackage;
+    pkg-config = testers.hasPkgConfigModules {
+      package = finalAttrs.finalPackage;
+    };
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/pdal/pdal.pc.in.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/pdal/pdal.pc.in.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1d981c0f6a97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/pdal/pdal.pc.in.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff --git a/apps/pdal.pc.in b/apps/pdal.pc.in
+index 6885221cacc8..a07ee82cea68 100644
+--- a/apps/pdal.pc.in
++++ b/apps/pdal.pc.in
+@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
+ prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
+ exec_prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/bin
+-libdir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@
++libdir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@
+ includedir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/include
+ 
+ Name: PDAL