diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 7d2cdc35..224c9248 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -96,4 +96,5 @@ import('pkgconfig').generate(
   url: 'https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland',
   description: 'Hyprland header files',
   install_dir: pkg_install_dir,
+  subdirs: ['', 'hyprland/protocols'],
 )