diff --git a/src/libsystemd/meson.build b/src/libsystemd/meson.build
index fa71a5dd11..8a03890d8b 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/meson.build
+++ b/src/libsystemd/meson.build
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ custom_target(
         output : 'libsystemd.pc',
         command : [jinja2_cmdline, '@INPUT@', '@OUTPUT@'],
         install : pkgconfiglibdir != 'no',
+        install_tag : 'devel',
         install_dir : pkgconfiglibdir)
 
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diff --git a/src/libudev/meson.build b/src/libudev/meson.build
index a831391cc1..343fac6945 100644
--- a/src/libudev/meson.build
+++ b/src/libudev/meson.build
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ custom_target(
         output : 'libudev.pc',
         command : [jinja2_cmdline, '@INPUT@', '@OUTPUT@'],
         install : pkgconfiglibdir != 'no',
+        install_tag : 'devel',
         install_dir : pkgconfiglibdir)
 
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