diff --git a/media-libs/libaom/files/libdirpc.patch b/media-libs/libaom/files/libdirpc.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ac6466433683e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/media-libs/libaom/files/libdirpc.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+Index: libaom-9999/CMakeLists.txt
+===================================================================
+--- libaom-9999.orig/CMakeLists.txt
++++ libaom-9999/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ if (NOT MSVC)
+       -DCMAKE_PROJECT_NAME=${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME}
+       -DCONFIG_MULTITHREAD=${CONFIG_MULTITHREAD}
+       -DHAVE_PTHREAD_H=${HAVE_PTHREAD_H}
++      -DLIB_SUFFIX=${LIB_SUFFIX}
+       -P "${AOM_ROOT}/build/cmake/pkg_config.cmake"
+       COMMENT "Writing aom.pc"
+       VERBATIM)
+Index: libaom-9999/build/cmake/pkg_config.cmake
+===================================================================
+--- libaom-9999.orig/build/cmake/pkg_config.cmake
++++ libaom-9999/build/cmake/pkg_config.cmake
+@@ -35,12 +35,13 @@ endif ()
+ 
+ # Write pkg-config info.
+ set(prefix "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}")
++set(libdir "lib${LIB_SUFFIX}")
+ set(pkgconfig_file "${AOM_CONFIG_DIR}/aom.pc")
+ string(TOLOWER ${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME} pkg_name)
+ file(WRITE "${pkgconfig_file}" "# libaom pkg-config.\n")
+ file(APPEND "${pkgconfig_file}" "prefix=${prefix}\n")
+ file(APPEND "${pkgconfig_file}" "exec_prefix=\${prefix}/bin\n")
+-file(APPEND "${pkgconfig_file}" "libdir=\${prefix}/lib\n")
++file(APPEND "${pkgconfig_file}" "libdir=\${prefix}/${libdir}\n")
+ file(APPEND "${pkgconfig_file}" "includedir=\${prefix}/include\n\n")
+ file(APPEND "${pkgconfig_file}" "Name: ${pkg_name}\n")
+ file(APPEND "${pkgconfig_file}"
+@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ file(APPEND "${pkgconfig_file}"
+ file(APPEND "${pkgconfig_file}" "Version: ${package_version}\n")
+ file(APPEND "${pkgconfig_file}" "Requires:\n")
+ file(APPEND "${pkgconfig_file}" "Conflicts:\n")
+-file(APPEND "${pkgconfig_file}" "Libs: -L\${prefix}/lib -l${pkg_name} -lm\n")
++file(APPEND "${pkgconfig_file}" "Libs: -L\${prefix}/${libdir} -l${pkg_name} -lm\n")
+ if (CONFIG_MULTITHREAD AND HAVE_PTHREAD_H)
+   file(APPEND "${pkgconfig_file}" "Libs.private: -lm -lpthread\n")
+ else ()
diff --git a/media-libs/libaom/libaom-9999.ebuild b/media-libs/libaom/libaom-9999.ebuild
index f940504046ee6..512d1b35470c4 100644
--- a/media-libs/libaom/libaom-9999.ebuild
+++ b/media-libs/libaom/libaom-9999.ebuild
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ REQUIRED_USE="
 	cpu_flags_x86_ssse3? ( cpu_flags_x86_sse2 )
 "
 
+PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}/libdirpc.patch" )
+
 src_prepare() {
 	sed -e 's/lib"/lib${LIB_SUFFIX}"/' -i CMakeLists.txt || die
 	cmake-utils_src_prepare
@@ -63,6 +65,7 @@ multilib_src_configure() {
 		-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON
 	)
 	cmake-utils_src_configure
+	rm aom.pc # ensure it is rebuilt with proper libdir
 }
 
 multilib_src_install() {