diff --git a/dev-cpp/yaml-cpp/files/yaml-cpp-0.7.0-pkg-config.patch b/dev-cpp/yaml-cpp/files/yaml-cpp-0.7.0-pkg-config.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3e7bc7bae9371
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-cpp/yaml-cpp/files/yaml-cpp-0.7.0-pkg-config.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+https://bugs.gentoo.org/807745
+
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -148,13 +148,13 @@ if (YAML_CPP_INSTALL)
+     DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}
+ 		FILES_MATCHING PATTERN "*.h")
+   install(EXPORT yaml-cpp-targets
+-    DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATADIR}/cmake/yaml-cpp")
++    DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/cmake/yaml-cpp")
+ 	install(FILES
+ 		"${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/yaml-cpp-config.cmake"
+ 		"${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/yaml-cpp-config-version.cmake"
+-    DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATADIR}/cmake/yaml-cpp")
++    DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/cmake/yaml-cpp")
+   install(FILES "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/yaml-cpp.pc"
+-    DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATADIR}/pkgconfig)
++    DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/pkgconfig)
+ endif()
+ 
+ if(YAML_CPP_BUILD_TESTS)
diff --git a/dev-cpp/yaml-cpp/yaml-cpp-0.7.0.ebuild b/dev-cpp/yaml-cpp/yaml-cpp-0.7.0-r1.ebuild
similarity index 95%
rename from dev-cpp/yaml-cpp/yaml-cpp-0.7.0.ebuild
rename to dev-cpp/yaml-cpp/yaml-cpp-0.7.0-r1.ebuild
index c35d82cd5f21c..dec50f0fe4631 100644
--- a/dev-cpp/yaml-cpp/yaml-cpp-0.7.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-cpp/yaml-cpp/yaml-cpp-0.7.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ DEPEND="test? ( dev-cpp/gtest[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )"
 
 PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}/${P}-gtest.patch"
+	"${FILESDIR}/${P}-pkg-config.patch"
 )
 
 src_prepare() {