diff --git a/packages/xorgproto/meson.build.patch b/packages/xorgproto/meson.build.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9a0a37582
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/xorgproto/meson.build.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
+index 7e02ac5..f9442d5 100644
+--- a/meson.build
++++ b/meson.build
+@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ foreach pc : pcs
+     configure_file(
+         input : pc + '.pc.in',
+         output : pc + '.pc',
+-        install_dir : get_option('datadir') + '/pkgconfig',
++        install_dir : get_option('prefix') + '/lib/pkgconfig',
+         configuration : pc_data,
+     )
+ endforeach