diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 99cf9e95..498ac67f 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -59,9 +59,8 @@ FILE(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${libDir})
 FILE(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${incDir})
 
 # generate build-time source
-SET(dollar $)
 CONFIGURE_FILE(api/yajl_version.h.cmake ${incDir}/yajl_version.h)
-CONFIGURE_FILE(yajl.pc.cmake ${shareDir}/yajl.pc)
+CONFIGURE_FILE(yajl.pc.cmake ${shareDir}/yajl.pc @ONLY)
 
 # copy public headers to output directory
 FOREACH (header ${PUB_HDRS})
diff --git a/src/yajl.pc.cmake b/src/yajl.pc.cmake
index 6eaca146..265be02c 100644
--- a/src/yajl.pc.cmake
+++ b/src/yajl.pc.cmake
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-prefix=${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}
-libdir=${dollar}{prefix}/lib${LIB_SUFFIX}
-includedir=${dollar}{prefix}/include/yajl
+prefix=${pcfiledir}/../..
+libdir=${prefix}/lib@LIB_SUFFIX@
+includedir=${prefix}/include
 
 Name: Yet Another JSON Library
 Description: A Portable JSON parsing and serialization library in ANSI C
-Version: ${YAJL_MAJOR}.${YAJL_MINOR}.${YAJL_MICRO}
-Cflags: -I${dollar}{includedir}
-Libs: -L${dollar}{libdir} -lyajl
+Version: @YAJL_MAJOR@.@YAJL_MINOR@.@YAJL_MICRO@
+Cflags: -I${includedir}
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lyajl