diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix
index 762f306d69f..bc70c5ab237 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix
@@ -170,9 +170,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   doCheck = false; # fails
 
+  # ffmpeg 3+ generates pkg-config (.pc) files that don't have the
+  # form automatically handled by the multiple-outputs hooks.
   postFixup = ''
     moveToOutput bin "$bin"
     moveToOutput share/ffmpeg/examples "$doc"
+    for pc in ''${!outputDev}/lib/pkgconfig/*.pc; do
+      substituteInPlace $pc \
+        --replace "includedir=$out" "includedir=''${!outputInclude}"
+    done
   '';
 
   installFlags = [ "install-man" ];