diff --git a/libpng-config.in b/libpng-config.in
index 69bf8e3..3739eb9 100644
--- a/libpng-config.in
+++ b/libpng-config.in
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@
 
 # Modeled after libxml-config.
 
-version="@PNGLIB_VERSION@"
-prefix="@prefix@"
-exec_prefix="@exec_prefix@"
-libdir="@libdir@"
-includedir="@includedir@/libpng@PNGLIB_MAJOR@@PNGLIB_MINOR@"
+version=`pkg-config --modversion libpng`
+prefix=`pkg-config --variable prefix libpng`
+exec_prefix=`pkg-config --variable exec_prefix libpng`
+libdir=`pkg-config --variable libdir libpng`
+includedir=`pkg-config --variable includedir libpng`
 libs="-lpng@PNGLIB_MAJOR@@PNGLIB_MINOR@"
 all_libs="-lpng@PNGLIB_MAJOR@@PNGLIB_MINOR@ @LIBS@"
 I_opts="-I${includedir}"