diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 3642570..781da78 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@ SUBDIRS = swe/src src docs/reference/swe-glib data
 
 DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS = --enable-gtk-doc
 
-pkgconfigdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
-pkgconfig_DATA = swe-glib.pc $(NULL)
-
 headerdir = $(includedir)/swe-glib
 header_DATA =            \
 	src/swe-glib.h       \
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9853f17..8cd35a9 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -46,6 +46,6 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([
     data/Makefile
     po/Makefile.in
     docs/reference/swe-glib/Makefile
-    swe-glib.pc
+    data/swe-glib.pc
 ])
 AC_OUTPUT
diff --git a/data/Makefile.am b/data/Makefile.am
index c78fff2..dc3cc1e 100644
--- a/data/Makefile.am
+++ b/data/Makefile.am
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+pkgconfigdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
+pkgconfig_DATA = swe-glib.pc $(NULL)
+
 swephdir = $(pkgdatadir)
 sweph_DATA = \
 	sweph-data/seas_00.se1 \
diff --git a/swe-glib.pc.in b/data/swe-glib.pc.in
similarity index 100%
rename from swe-glib.pc.in
rename to data/swe-glib.pc.in