diff --git a/SDL.spec.in b/SDL.spec.in
index 329d5998b..dbda11210 100644
--- a/SDL.spec.in
+++ b/SDL.spec.in
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ make install prefix=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{prefix} \
              includedir=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_includedir} \
              datadir=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir} \
              mandir=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_mandir}
-ln -s libSDL-1.2.so.0 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{prefix}/lib/libSDL-1.1.so.0
+ln -s libSDL-1.2.so.0 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/libSDL-1.1.so.0
 %else
 %makeinstall
 %endif
diff --git a/sdl-config.in b/sdl-config.in
index ef278fd6c..e0fcc0ced 100644
--- a/sdl-config.in
+++ b/sdl-config.in
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 prefix=@prefix@
 exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
 exec_prefix_set=no
+libdir=@libdir@
 
 @ENABLE_STATIC_FALSE@usage="\
 @ENABLE_STATIC_FALSE@Usage: sdl-config [--prefix[=DIR]] [--exec-prefix[=DIR]] [--version] [--cflags] [--libs]"