diff --git a/include/meson.build b/include/meson.build
index ff8d767fa..33d65ff22 100644
--- a/include/meson.build
+++ b/include/meson.build
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ if not features.get('session')
 endif
 
 install_subdir('wlr',
-	install_dir: get_option('includedir'),
+	install_dir: get_option('includedir') / versioned_name,
 	exclude_files: exclude_files,
 )
 
diff --git a/include/wlr/meson.build b/include/wlr/meson.build
index f7ca413de..5d25a577f 100644
--- a/include/wlr/meson.build
+++ b/include/wlr/meson.build
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ ver_h = configure_file(
 	configuration: version_data,
 )
 
-install_headers(conf_h, ver_h, subdir: 'wlr')
+install_headers(conf_h, ver_h, subdir: versioned_name / 'wlr')
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 8641291aa..41e106d0a 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ project(
 version = meson.project_version().split('-')[0]
 version_major = version.split('.')[0]
 version_minor = version.split('.')[1]
-assert(version_major == '0')
-soversion = version_minor.to_int() - 5
+versioned_name = '@0@-@1@.@2@'.format(meson.project_name(), version_major, version_minor)
 
 little_endian = target_machine.endian() == 'little'
 big_endian = target_machine.endian() == 'big'
@@ -175,8 +174,7 @@ wlr_inc = include_directories('include')
 symbols_file = 'wlroots.syms'
 symbols_flag = '-Wl,--version-script,@0@/@1@'.format(meson.current_source_dir(), symbols_file)
 lib_wlr = library(
-	meson.project_name(), wlr_files,
-	soversion: soversion.to_string(),
+	versioned_name, wlr_files,
 	dependencies: wlr_deps,
 	include_directories: [wlr_inc],
 	install: true,
@@ -208,7 +206,9 @@ endif
 pkgconfig = import('pkgconfig')
 pkgconfig.generate(
 	lib_wlr,
+	name: versioned_name,
 	description: 'Wayland compositor library',
+	subdirs: versioned_name,
 	url: 'https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wlroots/wlroots',
 	variables: wlr_vars,
 )