diff --git a/src/libvirt-lxc.pc.in b/src/libvirt-lxc.pc.in
index dd049501ea..b9e131954b 100644
--- a/src/libvirt-lxc.pc.in
+++ b/src/libvirt-lxc.pc.in
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ prefix=@abs_top_builddir@
 exec_prefix=@abs_top_builddir@
 libdir=@abs_top_builddir@/src/.libs
 includedir=@abs_top_builddir@/include
+source_includedir=@abs_top_srcdir@/include
 datarootdir=@abs_top_srcdir@
 
 libvirt_lxc_api=@datadir@/docs/libvirt-lxc-api.xml
@@ -15,4 +16,4 @@ Version: @VERSION@
 Description: libvirt LXC library
 Requires:
 Libs: -L${libdir} -lvirt-lxc
-Cflags: -I${includedir}
+Cflags: -I${includedir} -I${source_includedir}
diff --git a/src/libvirt-qemu.pc.in b/src/libvirt-qemu.pc.in
index 5483da95e1..173ec5c50e 100644
--- a/src/libvirt-qemu.pc.in
+++ b/src/libvirt-qemu.pc.in
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ prefix=@abs_top_builddir@
 exec_prefix=@abs_top_builddir@
 libdir=@abs_top_builddir@/src/.libs
 includedir=@abs_top_builddir@/include
+source_includedir=@abs_top_srcdir@/include
 datarootdir=@abs_top_srcdir@
 
 libvirt_qemu_api=@datadir@/docs/libvirt-qemu-api.xml
@@ -15,4 +16,4 @@ Version: @VERSION@
 Description: libvirt QEMU library
 Requires:
 Libs: -L${libdir} -lvirt-qemu
-Cflags: -I${includedir}
+Cflags: -I${includedir} -I${source_includedir}
diff --git a/src/libvirt.pc.in b/src/libvirt.pc.in
index 548fa77bb1..9fe2f1f694 100644
--- a/src/libvirt.pc.in
+++ b/src/libvirt.pc.in
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ prefix=@abs_top_builddir@
 exec_prefix=@abs_top_builddir@
 libdir=@abs_top_builddir@/src/.libs
 includedir=@abs_top_builddir@/include
+source_includedir=@abs_top_srcdir@/include
 datarootdir=@abs_top_srcdir@
 
 libvirt_api=@datadir@/docs/libvirt-api.xml
@@ -20,4 +21,4 @@ Version: @VERSION@
 Description: libvirt library
 Requires:
 Libs: -L${libdir} -lvirt
-Cflags: -I${includedir}
+Cflags: -I${includedir} -I${source_includedir}