diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 0b34304390..ddf0f5535f 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -189,9 +189,9 @@ conf_data.set_quoted('ROOTHINTS', root_hints)
 conf_data.set_quoted('LIBEXT', libext)
 conf_data.set_quoted('OPERATING_SYSTEM', host_machine.system())
 conf_data.set_quoted('libzscanner_SONAME',
-  libzscanner.get_pkgconfig_variable('soname'))
+  libzscanner.get_pkgconfig_variable('libdir') / libzscanner.get_pkgconfig_variable('soname'))
 conf_data.set_quoted('libknot_SONAME',
-  libknot.get_pkgconfig_variable('soname'))
+  libknot.get_pkgconfig_variable('libdir') / libknot.get_pkgconfig_variable('soname'))
 conf_data.set('ENABLE_LIBSYSTEMD', libsystemd.found().to_int())
 conf_data.set('ENABLE_SENDMMSG', sendmmsg.to_int())
 conf_data.set('ENABLE_XDP', xdp.to_int())