diff --git a/pkgconfig/gstreamer-uninstalled.pc.in b/pkgconfig/gstreamer-uninstalled.pc.in
index 30c703da2c..e97ca0716e 100644
--- a/pkgconfig/gstreamer-uninstalled.pc.in
+++ b/pkgconfig/gstreamer-uninstalled.pc.in
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ girdir=@abs_top_builddir@/gst
 bashhelpersdir=@abs_top_builddir@/data/bash-completion/helpers
 helpersdir=@abs_top_builddir@/libs/gst/helpers
 typelibdir=@abs_top_builddir@/gst
+pluginscannerdir=${helpersdir}
 
 Name: GStreamer Uninstalled
 Description: Streaming media framework, Not Installed
diff --git a/pkgconfig/gstreamer.pc.in b/pkgconfig/gstreamer.pc.in
index 99bbe2dc16..4c7c641e54 100644
--- a/pkgconfig/gstreamer.pc.in
+++ b/pkgconfig/gstreamer.pc.in
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ datarootdir=${prefix}/share
 datadir=${datarootdir}
 girdir=${datadir}/gir-1.0
 typelibdir=${libdir}/girepository-1.0
+pluginscannerdir=${libexecdir}/gstreamer-1.0
 
 Name: GStreamer
 Description: Streaming media framework