diff --git a/src/core/systemd.pc.in b/src/core/systemd.pc.in
index f8bccb5d6a9..786b1cf84e6 100644
--- a/src/core/systemd.pc.in
+++ b/src/core/systemd.pc.in
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 prefix=@prefix@
 exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
+libdir=@libdir@
 systemdutildir=@rootlibexecdir@
 systemdsystemunitdir=@systemunitdir@
 systemdsystempresetdir=@systempresetdir@