diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 758e781..eebfa5f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -38,6 +38,15 @@ option(CPPKAFKA_BOOST_STATIC_LIBS "Link with Boost static libraries." ON)
 option(CPPKAFKA_BOOST_USE_MULTITHREADED "Use Boost multithreaded libraries." ON)
 option(CPPKAFKA_RDKAFKA_STATIC_LIB "Link with Rdkafka static library." OFF)
 
+math(EXPR BITS "8*${CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P}")
+
+# Properly set the output directory
+if (${BITS} EQUAL 64)
+    set(LIBDIR "lib64")
+else()
+    set(LIBDIR "lib")
+endif()
+
 # Disable output from find_package macro
 if (NOT CPPKAFKA_CMAKE_VERBOSE)
     set(FIND_PACKAGE_QUIET QUIET)
diff --git a/cppkafka.pc.in b/cppkafka.pc.in
index 9a4489d..7d57325 100644
--- a/cppkafka.pc.in
+++ b/cppkafka.pc.in
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
 exec_prefix=${prefix}
-libdir=${prefix}/lib
-sharedlibdir=${prefix}/lib
+libdir=${prefix}/@LIBDIR@
+sharedlibdir=${prefix}/@LIBDIR@
 includedir=${prefix}/include
 
 Name: cppkafka
 Url: https://github.com/mfontanini/cppkafka
 Description: C++ wrapper library on top of RdKafka
 Version: @CPPKAFKA_VERSION@
-Requires: rdkafka >= 0.9.4 boost
-Requires.private:
-Libs: -L${libdir} -L${sharedlibdir} -L@RDKAFKA_ROOT_DIR@/lib -lcppkafka -lrdkafka -lpthread -lrt -lssl -lcrypto -ldl -lz
-Cflags: -I${includedir} -I${includedir}/cppkafka -I@RDKAFKA_INCLUDE_DIR@ -I@Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS@
+Requires:
+Requires.private: rdkafka >= 0.9.4, boost
+Libs: -L${libdir} -L${sharedlibdir} -lcppkafka
+Cflags: -I${includedir} -I${includedir}/cppkafka
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index ff0fba1..d5d50fe 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ target_include_directories(cppkafka PUBLIC ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include)
 
 install(
     TARGETS cppkafka
-    LIBRARY DESTINATION lib
-    ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib
+    LIBRARY DESTINATION ${LIBDIR}
+    ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${LIBDIR}
     COMPONENT dev
 )