diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtest/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtest/default.nix
index 62234651aa93..0242360aa08e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtest/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtest/default.nix
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   patches = [
     ./fix-cmake-config-includedir.patch
+    ./fix-pkgconfig-paths.patch
   ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ninja ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtest/fix-pkgconfig-paths.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtest/fix-pkgconfig-paths.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3f3932590926
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtest/fix-pkgconfig-paths.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+From 5126ff48d9ac54828d1947d1423a5ef2a8efee3b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: David Seifert <soap@gentoo.org>
+Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2019 15:58:45 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Revert "Use pcfiledir for prefix in pkgconfig file"
+
+The change makes implicit assumptions on the layout of the install
+tree, which is going to break in many ways.
+
+The correct solution is to use the `PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR` variable
+to inject the cross-compiled sysroot into `-I` and `-L` paths.
+---
+ googlemock/cmake/gmock.pc.in      | 5 ++---
+ googlemock/cmake/gmock_main.pc.in | 5 ++---
+ googletest/cmake/gtest.pc.in      | 5 ++---
+ googletest/cmake/gtest_main.pc.in | 5 ++---
+ 4 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/googlemock/cmake/gmock.pc.in b/googlemock/cmake/gmock.pc.in
+index 08e045474..2ef0fbca1 100644
+--- a/googlemock/cmake/gmock.pc.in
++++ b/googlemock/cmake/gmock.pc.in
+@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
+-prefix=${pcfiledir}/../..
+-libdir=${prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@
+-includedir=${prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR@
++libdir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@
++includedir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR@
+ 
+ Name: gmock
+ Description: GoogleMock (without main() function)
+diff --git a/googlemock/cmake/gmock_main.pc.in b/googlemock/cmake/gmock_main.pc.in
+index b22fe6148..04658fe2e 100644
+--- a/googlemock/cmake/gmock_main.pc.in
++++ b/googlemock/cmake/gmock_main.pc.in
+@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
+-prefix=${pcfiledir}/../..
+-libdir=${prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@
+-includedir=${prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR@
++libdir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@
++includedir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR@
+ 
+ Name: gmock_main
+ Description: GoogleMock (with main() function)
+diff --git a/googletest/cmake/gtest.pc.in b/googletest/cmake/gtest.pc.in
+index 9aae29e26..e7967ad56 100644
+--- a/googletest/cmake/gtest.pc.in
++++ b/googletest/cmake/gtest.pc.in
+@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
+-prefix=${pcfiledir}/../..
+-libdir=${prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@
+-includedir=${prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR@
++libdir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@
++includedir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR@
+ 
+ Name: gtest
+ Description: GoogleTest (without main() function)
+diff --git a/googletest/cmake/gtest_main.pc.in b/googletest/cmake/gtest_main.pc.in
+index 915f2973a..fe25d9c73 100644
+--- a/googletest/cmake/gtest_main.pc.in
++++ b/googletest/cmake/gtest_main.pc.in
+@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
+-prefix=${pcfiledir}/../..
+-libdir=${prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@
+-includedir=${prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR@
++libdir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@
++includedir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR@
+ 
+ Name: gtest_main
+ Description: GoogleTest (with main() function)