diff --git a/cmake/parakeet.pc.in b/cmake/parakeet.pc.in
index 5a25fbb2e42..b22ca678632 100644
--- a/cmake/parakeet.pc.in
+++ b/cmake/parakeet.pc.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
 exec_prefix=${prefix}
-libdir=${prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@
-includedir=${prefix}/include
+libdir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@
+includedir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR@
 
 Name: parakeet
 Description: Port of NVIDIA's Parakeet model in C/C++
diff --git a/cmake/whisper.pc.in b/cmake/whisper.pc.in
index 200179d5d11..82c07740060 100644
--- a/cmake/whisper.pc.in
+++ b/cmake/whisper.pc.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
 exec_prefix=${prefix}
-libdir=${prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@
-includedir=${prefix}/include
+libdir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@
+includedir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR@
 
 Name: whisper
 Description: Port of OpenAI's Whisper model in C/C++