diff --git a/deja-dup/nautilus/meson.build b/deja-dup/nautilus/meson.build
index 04b136f3..ed8f7cba 100644
--- a/deja-dup/nautilus/meson.build
+++ b/deja-dup/nautilus/meson.build
@@ -31,6 +31,6 @@ shared_module('deja-dup', ['NautilusExtension.c'],
     link_with: [dirhandling],
     dependencies: [nautilus_dep],
     install: true,
-    install_dir: nautilus_dep.get_pkgconfig_variable('extensiondir'))
+    install_dir: join_paths(get_option('libdir'), 'nautilus', 'extensions-3.0'))
 
 endif