diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index eaff53114..757b6f92d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -199,7 +199,6 @@ pod2htm?.tmp
 /java/doc-stamp
 /java/examples/guestfs-java.3
 /java/examples/stamp-guestfs-java.pod
-/libguestfs.pc
 /libguestfs.spec
 /libguestfs-*.tar.gz
 /libtool
@@ -358,6 +357,7 @@ pod2htm?.tmp
 /src/guestfs_protocol.h
 /src/guestfs_protocol.x
 /src/guestfs-structs.pod
+/src/libguestfs.pc
 /src/libguestfs.syms
 /src/.libs/libguestfs.so
 /src/stamp-guestfs.pod
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index ae0ea3ff6..b3df5b354 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
 	contrib/visualize-alignment/README \
 	contrib/visualize-alignment/tracetops.ml \
 	html/pod.css \
-	libguestfs.pc libguestfs.pc.in \
 	libtool-kill-dependency_libs.sh \
 	logo/fish.svg logo/fish.png \
 	m4/.gitignore \
@@ -232,11 +231,6 @@ all-local:
 	LC_ALL=C sort | \
 	sed 's,^\./,,' > po/POTFILES.in
 
-# Pkgconfig.
-
-pkgconfigdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
-pkgconfig_DATA = libguestfs.pc
-
 # Make clean.
 
 CLEANFILES = \
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 177545598..9e17b4e25 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1206,7 +1206,6 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile
                  inspector/Makefile
                  java/Makefile
                  java/examples/Makefile
-                 libguestfs.pc
                  ocaml/META
                  ocaml/Makefile
                  ocaml/examples/Makefile
@@ -1227,6 +1226,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile
                  ruby/examples/Makefile
                  sparsify/Makefile
                  src/Makefile
+                 src/libguestfs.pc
                  sysprep/Makefile
                  test-tool/Makefile
                  tests/btrfs/Makefile
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index a7fcbac61..d29a38ee8 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
 	$(BUILT_SOURCES) \
 	MAX_PROC_NR \
 	libguestfs.3 \
+	libguestfs.pc libguestfs.pc.in \
 	guestfs.pod \
 	api-support/added \
 	api-support/README \
@@ -190,6 +191,11 @@ guestfs_protocol.h: guestfs_protocol.x
 	mv $@-t $@
 endif
 
+# Pkgconfig.
+
+pkgconfigdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
+pkgconfig_DATA = libguestfs.pc
+
 # Manual page.
 
 man_MANS = guestfs.3 libguestfs.3
diff --git a/libguestfs.pc.in b/src/libguestfs.pc.in
similarity index 100%
rename from libguestfs.pc.in
rename to src/libguestfs.pc.in