diff --git a/helpers/meson.build b/helpers/meson.build
index 0034412f4816194bba6042eec2128f545687f889..37da1005d876f5c20b7b5e3fd342592d60849085 100644
--- a/helpers/meson.build
+++ b/helpers/meson.build
@@ -103,9 +103,7 @@ foreach shader : ['frag', 'vert']
     output : shader + '.spv',
     install : true,
     install_dir : join_paths(
-      get_option('prefix'),
-      get_option('libexecdir'),
-      'steam-runtime-tools-' + api_major,
+      pkglibexecdir,
       'shaders',
     )
   )