diff --git a/ext/qt/meson.build b/ext/qt/meson.build
index 333826519c..18646d29ae 100644
--- a/ext/qt/meson.build
+++ b/ext/qt/meson.build
@@ -118,13 +118,14 @@ if have_cxx and build_gstgl
     if have_qt_windowing
       # Build it!
       moc_files = qt5_mod.preprocess(moc_headers : moc_headers)
-      library('gstqmlgl', sources, moc_files,
+      gstqmlgl = library('gstqmlgl', sources, moc_files,
         cpp_args : gst_plugins_good_args + qt_defines,
         link_args : noseh_link_args,
         include_directories: [configinc, libsinc],
         dependencies : [glib_deps, gst_dep, gstvideo_dep, gstgl_dep, qt5qml_dep, optional_deps],
         install: true,
         install_dir : plugins_install_dir)
+      pkgconfig.generate(gstqmlgl, install_dir : plugins_pkgconfig_install_dir)
     endif
   endif
 endif