diff --git a/libnm/meson.build b/libnm/meson.build
index 62e3e9d755..62e3799304 100644
--- a/libnm/meson.build
+++ b/libnm/meson.build
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ pkg.generate(
   requires: 'gio-2.0',
   variables: [
     'exec_prefix=${prefix}',
-    'vpnservicedir=' + join_paths(nm_pkglibdir, 'VPN')
+    'vpnservicedir=' + join_paths('${prefix}', 'lib', nm_name, 'VPN')
   ]
 )