diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 77dbf67..7546c92 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ option(PREFER_EXTERNAL_ZSTD
 
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake")
 
+set(lib_dir lib${LIB_SUFFIX})
 
 if(NOT DEACTIVATE_LZ4)
     if(PREFER_EXTERNAL_LZ4)
@@ -317,7 +318,7 @@ if (BLOSC_INSTALL)
         "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/blosc.pc"
         @ONLY)
     install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/blosc.pc"
-            DESTINATION lib/pkgconfig COMPONENT DEV)
+            DESTINATION ${lib_dir}/pkgconfig COMPONENT DEV)
 
     configure_file(
         "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake_uninstall.cmake.in"