diff --git a/src/libvirt-lxc.pc.in b/src/libvirt-lxc.pc.in
index 27e3de4244..9243bcf903 100644
--- a/src/libvirt-lxc.pc.in
+++ b/src/libvirt-lxc.pc.in
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ includedir=@abs_top_builddir@/include
 source_includedir=@abs_top_srcdir@/include
 datarootdir=@abs_top_builddir@
 
-libvirt_lxc_api=@datadir@/docs/libvirt-lxc-api.xml
+libvirt_lxc_api=@abs_top_builddir@/docs/libvirt-lxc-api.xml
 
 Name: libvirt
 Version: @VERSION@
diff --git a/src/libvirt-qemu.pc.in b/src/libvirt-qemu.pc.in
index 3eb9ad4bc1..a4f9e65c03 100644
--- a/src/libvirt-qemu.pc.in
+++ b/src/libvirt-qemu.pc.in
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ includedir=@abs_top_builddir@/include
 source_includedir=@abs_top_srcdir@/include
 datarootdir=@abs_top_builddir@
 
-libvirt_qemu_api=@datadir@/docs/libvirt-qemu-api.xml
+libvirt_qemu_api=@abs_top_builddir@/docs/libvirt-qemu-api.xml
 
 Name: libvirt
 Version: @VERSION@
diff --git a/src/libvirt.pc.in b/src/libvirt.pc.in
index 6ff1ce6272..a16e455210 100644
--- a/src/libvirt.pc.in
+++ b/src/libvirt.pc.in
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ includedir=@abs_top_builddir@/include
 source_includedir=@abs_top_srcdir@/include
 datarootdir=@abs_top_builddir@
 
-libvirt_api=@datadir@/docs/libvirt-api.xml
+libvirt_api=@abs_top_builddir@/docs/libvirt-api.xml
 
 # For compat with older versions - also present
 # in libvirt-qemu.pc / libvirt-lxc.pc
-libvirt_qemu_api=@datadir@/docs/libvirt-qemu-api.xml
-libvirt_lxc_api=@datadir@/docs/libvirt-lxc-api.xml
+libvirt_qemu_api=@abs_top_builddir@/docs/libvirt-qemu-api.xml
+libvirt_lxc_api=@abs_top_builddir@/docs/libvirt-lxc-api.xml
 
 Name: libvirt
 Version: @VERSION@