diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 4d2df69..3260910 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([glib],     [glib-2.0 >= 2.40 gio-unix-2.0 gmodule-2.0 libgtop-2.0])
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([rofi],     [rofi])
 
-[rofi_PLUGIN_INSTALL_DIR]="`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=pluginsdir rofi`"
+[rofi_PLUGIN_INSTALL_DIR]="`echo $out/lib/rofi`"
 AC_SUBST([rofi_PLUGIN_INSTALL_DIR])
 
 LT_INIT([disable-static])