diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libvncserver/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libvncserver/default.nix
index 84e0dba1dd25..a6c78c3262fc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libvncserver/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libvncserver/default.nix
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "sha256-kqVZeCTp+Z6BtB6nzkwmtkJ4wtmjlSQBg05lD02cVvQ=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # fix generated pkg-config files
+    ./pkgconfig.patch
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     cmake
   ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libvncserver/pkgconfig.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/libvncserver/pkgconfig.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0b98e9e0a79b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libvncserver/pkgconfig.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+diff --git a/libvncclient.pc.cmakein b/libvncclient.pc.cmakein
+index ceeda39d..2516e643 100644
+--- a/libvncclient.pc.cmakein
++++ b/libvncclient.pc.cmakein
+@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+ prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
+ exec_prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
+-libdir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@
+-includedir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/include
++libdir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@
++includedir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR@
+ 
+ Name: LibVNCClient
+ Description: A library for easy implementation of a VNC client.
+diff --git a/libvncserver.pc.cmakein b/libvncserver.pc.cmakein
+index 33ec6685..57244742 100644
+--- a/libvncserver.pc.cmakein
++++ b/libvncserver.pc.cmakein
+@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+ prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
+ exec_prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
+-libdir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@
+-includedir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/include
++libdir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@
++includedir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR@
+ 
+ Name: LibVNCServer
+ Description: A library for easy implementation of a VNC server.