diff --git a/babl/babl.c b/babl/babl.c
--- a/babl/babl.c
+++ b/babl/babl.c
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ babl_dir_list (void)
         babl_fatal ("Converting module filename to UTF-8 failed");
 
       /* If the DLL file name is of the format
-       * <foobar>\bin\*.dll, use <foobar>\lib\{BABL_LIBRARY}.
+       * <foobar>\bin\*.dll, use <foobar>\plugins\{BABL_LIBRARY}.
        * Otherwise, use the directory where the DLL is.
        */
 
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ babl_dir_list (void)
               filename_tmp = babl_malloc (sizeof (char) * tmp_size);
               strcpy_s (filename_tmp, tmp_size, filename);
               babl_free (filename);
-              strcat_s (filename_tmp, tmp_size, "lib" BABL_DIR_SEPARATOR BABL_LIBRARY);
+              strcat_s (filename_tmp, tmp_size, "plugins" BABL_DIR_SEPARATOR BABL_LIBRARY);
               filename = filename_tmp;
             }
         }
diff --git a/extensions/meson.build b/extensions/meson.build
--- a/extensions/meson.build
+++ b/extensions/meson.build
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ foreach ext : extensions
     dependencies: babl_ext_dep,
     name_prefix: '',
     install: true,
-    install_dir: babl_libdir / lib_name,
+    install_dir: babl_pluginsdir / lib_name,
   )
 endforeach
 
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ if host_cpu_family == 'x86_64'
       dependencies: babl_ext_dep,
       name_prefix: '',
       install: true,
-      install_dir: babl_libdir / lib_name,
+      install_dir: babl_pluginsdir / lib_name,
    )
   endforeach
 
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ if host_cpu_family == 'x86_64'
       dependencies: babl_ext_dep,
       name_prefix: '',
       install: true,
-      install_dir: babl_libdir / lib_name,
+      install_dir: babl_pluginsdir / lib_name,
    )
   endforeach
 
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ if host_cpu_family == 'x86_64'
       dependencies: babl_ext_dep,
       name_prefix: '',
       install: true,
-      install_dir: babl_libdir / lib_name,
+      install_dir: babl_pluginsdir / lib_name,
    )
   endforeach
 
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ elif host_cpu_family == 'arm'
       dependencies: babl_ext_dep,
       name_prefix: '',
       install: true,
-      install_dir: babl_libdir / lib_name,
+      install_dir: babl_pluginsdir / lib_name,
    )
   endforeach
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ buildtype = get_option('buildtype')
 
 babl_prefix = get_option('prefix')
 babl_libdir = babl_prefix / get_option('libdir')
+babl_pluginsdir = babl_prefix / 'plugins'
 
 project_build_root = meson.current_build_dir()
 project_source_root = meson.current_source_dir()
@@ -628,7 +629,7 @@ pkgconfig.generate(
   subdirs: lib_name,
   variables: [
     'datadir=${prefix}/share',
-    'pluginsdir=${libdir}/@0@'.format(lib_name),
+    'pluginsdir=${prefix}/plugins/@0@'.format(lib_name),
     'girdir=${datadir}/gir-1.0',
     'typelibdir=${libdir}/girepository-1.0',
   ],
