diff --git a/doc/scripts/pkgconfig.sh b/doc/scripts/pkgconfig.sh
index 3838c64..83479f5 100755
--- a/doc/scripts/pkgconfig.sh
+++ b/doc/scripts/pkgconfig.sh
@@ -123,7 +123,11 @@ while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
 	if [ "$install" -eq 1 ]; then
 		source="${target#$OBJDIR}"
 		$DEBUG $MKDIR -- "$PKGCONFIG"			|| exit 2
-		$DEBUG $INSTALL "$target" "$PKGCONFIG/$source"	|| exit 2
+		basename="$source"
+		if [ "${source##*/}" != "$source" ]; then
+			basename="${source##*/}"
+		fi
+		$DEBUG $INSTALL "$target" "$PKGCONFIG/$basename"|| exit 2
 		continue
 	fi