diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index cc6a26ea4..a0fc51f74 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+pkgdatadir = $(datadir)/mutter-$(LIBMUTTER_API_VERSION)
+pkglibdir = $(libdir)/mutter-$(LIBMUTTER_API_VERSION)
 
 SUBDIRS = cogl clutter data src po doc
 
diff --git a/clutter/clutter/Makefile.am b/clutter/clutter/Makefile.am
index 9bfc87458..1c2d5e591 100644
--- a/clutter/clutter/Makefile.am
+++ b/clutter/clutter/Makefile.am
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ AM_CFLAGS = $(CLUTTER_CFLAGS) $(MAINTAINER_CFLAGS)
 INTROSPECTION_GIRS =
 
 # the base include path for headers
-clutter_base_includedir = $(includedir)/mutter/clutter-$(LIBMUTTER_API_VERSION)
+clutter_base_includedir = $(includedir)/mutter-$(LIBMUTTER_API_VERSION)/clutter
 clutter_includedir = $(clutter_base_includedir)/clutter
 clutter_deprecateddir = $(clutter_base_includedir)/clutter/deprecated
 
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ nodist_clutter_include_HEADERS = clutter-config.h $(built_source_h)
 
 clutter_deprecated_HEADERS = $(deprecated_h)
 
-mutterlibdir = $(libdir)/mutter
+mutterlibdir = $(libdir)/mutter-@LIBMUTTER_API_VERSION@
 mutterlib_LTLIBRARIES = libmutter-clutter-@LIBMUTTER_API_VERSION@.la
 
 libmutter_clutter_@LIBMUTTER_API_VERSION@_la_LIBADD = \
diff --git a/clutter/clutter/mutter-clutter.pc.in b/clutter/clutter/mutter-clutter.pc.in
index 2a93161fd..68ad77f77 100644
--- a/clutter/clutter/mutter-clutter.pc.in
+++ b/clutter/clutter/mutter-clutter.pc.in
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 prefix=@prefix@
 exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
-libdir=@libdir@/mutter
-includedir=@includedir@/mutter
-
 apiversion=@LIBMUTTER_API_VERSION@
+libdir=@libdir@/mutter-${apiversion}
+includedir=@includedir@/mutter-${apiversion}
+
 requires=@CLUTTER_REQUIRES@ mutter-cogl-@LIBMUTTER_API_VERSION@
 requires_private=@CLUTTER_REQUIRES_PRIVATE@
 backends=@CLUTTER_BACKENDS@
@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@ Name: Mutter Clutter
 Description: Mutter's Clutter Private Library
 Version: @MUTTER_VERSION@
 Libs: -L${libdir} -lmutter-clutter-${apiversion}
-Cflags: -I${includedir}/clutter-${apiversion}
+Cflags: -I${includedir}/clutter
 Requires: ${requires}
 Requires.private: ${requires_private}
diff --git a/cogl/cogl-gles2/Makefile.am b/cogl/cogl-gles2/Makefile.am
index 4cba75bbe..faada2db0 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl-gles2/Makefile.am
+++ b/cogl/cogl-gles2/Makefile.am
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ NULL =
 
 DISTCLEANFILES =
 
-mutterlibdir = $(libdir)/mutter
+mutterlibdir = $(libdir)/mutter-@LIBMUTTER_API_VERSION@
 mutterlib_LTLIBRARIES = libmutter-cogl-gles2-@LIBMUTTER_API_VERSION@.la
 
 AM_CPPFLAGS = \
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ libmutter_cogl_gles2_@LIBMUTTER_API_VERSION@_la_LDFLAGS = \
 	-export-dynamic \
 	-export-symbols-regex "^gl*"
 
-coglgles2includedir = $(includedir)/mutter/cogl/cogl-gles2/GLES2
+coglgles2includedir = $(includedir)/mutter-@LIBMUTTER_API_VERSION@/cogl/cogl-gles2/GLES2
 coglgles2include_HEADERS = \
 	GLES2/gl2.h \
 	GLES2/gl2ext.h \
diff --git a/cogl/cogl-gles2/mutter-cogl-gles2.pc.in b/cogl/cogl-gles2/mutter-cogl-gles2.pc.in
index d9e75cd79..8c8c3783a 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl-gles2/mutter-cogl-gles2.pc.in
+++ b/cogl/cogl-gles2/mutter-cogl-gles2.pc.in
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 prefix=@prefix@
 exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
-libdir=@libdir@/mutter
-includedir=@includedir@/mutter
 apiversion=@LIBMUTTER_API_VERSION@
+libdir=@libdir@/mutter-${apiversion}
+includedir=@includedir@/mutter-${apiversion}
 requires=@COGL_PKG_REQUIRES@ mutter-cogl-@LIBMUTTER_API_VERSION@
 
 Name: Cogl
diff --git a/cogl/cogl-pango/Makefile.am b/cogl/cogl-pango/Makefile.am
index b89877d0f..bc23c16d1 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl-pango/Makefile.am
+++ b/cogl/cogl-pango/Makefile.am
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ source_h_priv = \
 	cogl-pango-pipeline-cache.h \
 	$(NULL)
 
-mutterlibdir = $(libdir)/mutter
+mutterlibdir = $(libdir)/mutter-@LIBMUTTER_API_VERSION@
 mutterlib_LTLIBRARIES = libmutter-cogl-pango-@LIBMUTTER_API_VERSION@.la
 
 libmutter_cogl_pango_@LIBMUTTER_API_VERSION@_la_SOURCES = $(source_c) $(source_h) $(source_h_priv)
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ AM_CPPFLAGS = \
 	-I$(top_srcdir)			\
 	-I$(top_builddir)
 
-cogl_base_includedir = $(includedir)/mutter
+cogl_base_includedir = $(includedir)/mutter-@LIBMUTTER_API_VERSION@
 cogl_pangoheadersdir = $(cogl_base_includedir)/cogl/cogl-pango
 cogl_pangoheaders_HEADERS = $(source_h)
 
diff --git a/cogl/cogl-pango/mutter-cogl-pango.pc.in b/cogl/cogl-pango/mutter-cogl-pango.pc.in
index da12c94fb..9c146b948 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl-pango/mutter-cogl-pango.pc.in
+++ b/cogl/cogl-pango/mutter-cogl-pango.pc.in
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 prefix=@prefix@
 exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
-libdir=@libdir@/mutter
-includedir=@includedir@/mutter
 apiversion=@LIBMUTTER_API_VERSION@
+libdir=@libdir@/mutter-${apiversion}
+includedir=@includedir@/mutter-${apiversion}
 requires=@COGL_PKG_REQUIRES@ mutter-cogl-@LIBMUTTER_API_VERSION@
 
 Name: Cogl
diff --git a/cogl/cogl-path/Makefile.am b/cogl/cogl-path/Makefile.am
index 418af3739..323c5845d 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl-path/Makefile.am
+++ b/cogl/cogl-path/Makefile.am
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ glib_enum_c = cogl-path-enum-types.c
 glib_enum_headers = $(source_1_x_h)
 include $(top_srcdir)/build/autotools/Makefile.am.enums
 
-mutterlibdir = $(libdir)/mutter
+mutterlibdir = $(libdir)/mutter-@LIBMUTTER_API_VERSION@
 mutterlib_LTLIBRARIES = libmutter-cogl-path-@LIBMUTTER_API_VERSION@.la
 
 libmutter_cogl_path_@LIBMUTTER_API_VERSION@_la_SOURCES = $(source_c) $(source_h)
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ AM_CPPFLAGS = \
 	-I$(top_srcdir)			\
 	-I$(top_builddir)
 
-cogl_base_includedir = $(includedir)/mutter
+cogl_base_includedir = $(includedir)/mutter-@LIBMUTTER_API_VERSION@
 cogl_pathheadersdir = $(cogl_base_includedir)/cogl/cogl-path
 cogl_pathheaders_HEADERS = $(source_h)
 nodist_cogl_pathheaders_HEADERS = cogl-path-enum-types.h
diff --git a/cogl/cogl-path/mutter-cogl-path.pc.in b/cogl/cogl-path/mutter-cogl-path.pc.in
index a2ad303b5..6da697e86 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl-path/mutter-cogl-path.pc.in
+++ b/cogl/cogl-path/mutter-cogl-path.pc.in
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 prefix=@prefix@
 exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
-libdir=@libdir@/mutter
-includedir=@includedir@/mutter
 apiversion=@LIBMUTTER_API_VERSION@
+libdir=@libdir@/mutter-${apiversion}
+includedir=@includedir@/mutter-${apiversion}
 requires=@COGL_PKG_REQUIRES@ mutter-cogl-@LIBMUTTER_API_VERSION@
 
 Name: Cogl
diff --git a/cogl/cogl/Makefile.am b/cogl/cogl/Makefile.am
index cac20a3c9..a814d561f 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl/Makefile.am
+++ b/cogl/cogl/Makefile.am
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ cogl_sources_c += \
 	winsys/cogl-winsys-egl-private.h
 endif
 
-mutterlibdir = $(libdir)/mutter
+mutterlibdir = $(libdir)/mutter-@LIBMUTTER_API_VERSION@
 mutterlib_LTLIBRARIES = libmutter-cogl-@LIBMUTTER_API_VERSION@.la
 
 libmutter_cogl_@LIBMUTTER_API_VERSION@_la_LIBADD = $(LIBM) $(COGL_DEP_LIBS) $(COGL_EXTRA_LDFLAGS)
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ cogl_headers = \
 	cogl-pango.h \
 	$(NULL)
 
-cogl_base_includedir = $(includedir)/mutter
+cogl_base_includedir = $(includedir)/mutter-@LIBMUTTER_API_VERSION@
 cogldeprecatedincludedir = $(cogl_base_includedir)/cogl/cogl/deprecated
 cogldeprecatedinclude_HEADERS = $(cogl_deprecated_h) $(cogl_deprecated_nonintrospected_h)
 
diff --git a/cogl/cogl/mutter-cogl.pc.in b/cogl/cogl/mutter-cogl.pc.in
index 6251b3019..115d6a25f 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl/mutter-cogl.pc.in
+++ b/cogl/cogl/mutter-cogl.pc.in
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 prefix=@prefix@
 exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
-libdir=@libdir@/mutter
-includedir=@includedir@/mutter
 apiversion=@LIBMUTTER_API_VERSION@
+libdir=@libdir@/mutter-${apiversion}
+includedir=@includedir@/mutter-${apiversion}
 requires=@COGL_PKG_REQUIRES@
 
 Name: Cogl
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1af7dbb83..7c9694708 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ AC_SUBST(LIBMUTTER_API_VERSION)
 # Make the mutter versions visible to the cogl and clutter subdirs
 export LIBMUTTER_API_VERSION MUTTER_VERSION
 
-MUTTER_PLUGIN_DIR="$libdir/$PACKAGE/plugins"
+MUTTER_PLUGIN_DIR="$libdir/mutter-$LIBMUTTER_API_VERSION/plugins"
 AC_SUBST(MUTTER_PLUGIN_DIR)
 
 # Honor aclocal flags
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 1424c8f72..66aa02649 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # Flag build for parallelism; see https://savannah.gnu.org/patch/?6905
 .AUTOPARALLEL:
 
+pkgdatadir = $(datadir)/mutter-$(LIBMUTTER_API_VERSION)
+pkglibdir = $(libdir)/mutter-$(LIBMUTTER_API_VERSION)
+
 lib_LTLIBRARIES = libmutter-@LIBMUTTER_API_VERSION@.la
 
 SUBDIRS=compositor/plugins
@@ -586,7 +589,7 @@ libmutterinclude_base_headers =			\
 	$(libmutterinclude_headers)		\
 	$(libmutterinclude_built_headers)
 
-libmutterincludedir = $(includedir)/mutter/meta
+libmutterincludedir = $(includedir)/mutter-@LIBMUTTER_API_VERSION@/meta
 
 libmutterinclude_HEADERS =			\
 	$(libmutterinclude_headers)
diff --git a/src/compositor/plugins/Makefile.am b/src/compositor/plugins/Makefile.am
index 811bcba92..5702a5fc1 100644
--- a/src/compositor/plugins/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/compositor/plugins/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-
-pkglibdir = $(MUTTER_PLUGIN_DIR)
+pkgdatadir = $(datadir)/mutter-$(LIBMUTTER_API_VERSION)
+pkglibdir = $(libdir)/mutter-$(LIBMUTTER_API_VERSION)
 
 AM_CPPFLAGS = \
 	$(MUTTER_CFLAGS)						\