diff --git a/hw/xwayland/meson.build b/hw/xwayland/meson.build
index 458f3c09e..37bda5ade 100644
--- a/hw/xwayland/meson.build
+++ b/hw/xwayland/meson.build
@@ -182,6 +182,8 @@ pkgconfig.generate(
     filebase: 'xwayland',
     name: 'Xwayland',
     description: 'X Server for Wayland',
+    dataonly: true,
+    install_dir: join_paths(get_option('libdir'), 'pkgconfig'),
     variables: [
         'exec_prefix=${prefix}',
         'xwayland=' + xwayland_path / xwayland_server.name(),