diff --git a/gst/meson.build b/gst/meson.build
index 28c1d83e4b..c70998cdaf 100644
--- a/gst/meson.build
+++ b/gst/meson.build
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ libgst = library('gstreamer-1.0', gst_sources,
 pkgconfig.generate(libgst,
   libraries : [glib_dep, gobject_dep],
   variables : pkgconfig_variables,
+  uninstalled_variables: pkgconfig_uninstalled_variables,
   subdirs : pkgconfig_subdirs,
   name : 'gstreamer-1.0',
   description : 'Streaming media framework',
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 1a860c356c..c4e8774f55 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -579,6 +579,10 @@ pkgconfig_variables = ['exec_prefix=${prefix}',
     'typelibdir=${libdir}/girepository-1.0',
     'libexecdir=${prefix}/libexec',
     'pluginscannerdir=${libexecdir}/gstreamer-1.0']
+pkgconfig_uninstalled_variables = ['exec_prefix=${prefix}',
+	'gstreamerdir=${prefix}/subprojects/gstreamer',
+    'bashhelpersdir=${gstreamerdir}/data/bash-completion/helpers',
+    'helpersdir=${gstreamerdir}/libs/gst/helpers']
 pkgconfig_subdirs = ['gstreamer-1.0']
 
 subdir('gst')