diff --git a/doc/api/mainpage.dox b/doc/api/mainpage.dox
index cd671c9..8288827 100644
--- a/doc/api/mainpage.dox
+++ b/doc/api/mainpage.dox
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ Otherwise, the most rudimentary way to compile and link a program against
 libei or libeis is:
 
 @verbatim
-    gcc -o myprogram mylibeiclient.c `pkg-config --cflags --libs libei`
-    gcc -o myprogram myEISimplementation.c `pkg-config --cflags --libs libeis`
+    gcc -o myprogram mylibeiclient.c `pkg-config --cflags --libs libei-1.0`
+    gcc -o myprogram myEISimplementation.c `pkg-config --cflags --libs libeis-1.0`
 @endverbatim
 
 For further information on using pkgconfig see the pkg-config documentation.
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index af15785..084fff7 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ cflags =[
     '-Wswitch',
 ]
 
+# Our headers are in libei-1.0 until we hit 2.0 etc. libei's API is
+# backwards-compatible until the major version bump.
+libei_api_version = '1.0'
+libei_api_dir = 'libei-@0@'.format(libei_api_version)
+
 if cc.get_id() == 'clang'
     cflags += [
         # clang doesn't think just using _unref_ is a use of the variable
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index b0741b4..a2cbcd6 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -68,16 +68,17 @@ lib_libei = library('ei',
     install: true
 )
 libei_headers = files('libei.h')
-install_headers(libei_headers)
+install_headers(libei_headers, subdir: libei_api_dir)
 
 dep_libei = declare_dependency(link_with: lib_libei,
                                 include_directories: [inc_src])
 meson.override_dependency('libei', dep_libei)
 
 pkgconfig.generate(lib_libei,
-    filebase: 'libei',
+    filebase: 'libei-@0@'.format(libei_api_version),
     name: 'libEI',
     description: 'Emulated Input client library',
+    subdirs: libei_api_dir,
     version: meson.project_version(),
     libraries: lib_libei,
 )
@@ -123,16 +124,17 @@ lib_libeis = library('eis',
     install: true
 )
 libeis_headers = files('libeis.h')
-install_headers(libeis_headers)
+install_headers(libeis_headers, subdir: libei_api_dir)
 
 dep_libeis = declare_dependency(link_with: lib_libeis,
                                 include_directories: [inc_src])
 meson.override_dependency('libeis', dep_libeis)
 
 pkgconfig.generate(lib_libeis,
-    filebase: 'libeis',
+    filebase: 'libeis-@0@'.format(libei_api_version),
     name: 'libEIS',
     description: 'Emulated Input server library',
+    subdirs: libei_api_dir,
     version: meson.project_version(),
     libraries: lib_libeis,
 )
@@ -150,16 +152,17 @@ if build_oeffis
         install: true
     )
     liboeffis_headers = files('liboeffis.h')
-    install_headers(liboeffis_headers)
+    install_headers(liboeffis_headers, subdir: libei_api_dir)
 
     dep_liboeffis = declare_dependency(link_with: lib_liboeffis,
                                        include_directories: [inc_src])
     meson.override_dependency('liboeffis', dep_liboeffis)
 
     pkgconfig.generate(lib_liboeffis,
-        filebase: 'liboeffis',
+        filebase: 'liboeffis-@0@'.format(libei_api_version),
         name: 'libOeffis',
         description: 'RemoteDesktop portal DBus helper library',
+        subdirs: libei_api_dir,
         version: meson.project_version(),
         libraries: lib_liboeffis,
     )