diff --git a/nix/libghostty-vt.nix b/nix/libghostty-vt.nix
index 35c3cbc36..abecceaac 100644
--- a/nix/libghostty-vt.nix
+++ b/nix/libghostty-vt.nix
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     "-Dapp-runtime=none"
     "-Demit-lib-vt=true"
     "-Dsimd=${lib.boolToString simd}"
+    # Install headers directly into the `dev` output
+    "--prefix-include-dir"
+    "${placeholder "dev"}/include"
   ];
   zigCheckFlags = finalAttrs.zigBuildFlags ++ ["test-lib-vt"];
 
@@ -69,17 +72,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   postInstall = ''
     mkdir -p "$dev/lib"
-    mv "$out/lib/libghostty-vt.a" "$dev/lib"
-    rm "$out/lib/libghostty-vt.so"
-    mv "$out/include" "$dev"
-    mv "$out/share" "$dev"
-
-    ln -sf "$out/lib/libghostty-vt.so.${lib.versions.major finalAttrs.version}"  "$dev/lib/libghostty-vt.so"
+    mv "$out/lib/libghostty-vt.a" "$dev/lib/"
   '';
 
   postFixup = ''
-    substituteInPlace "$dev/share/pkgconfig/libghostty-vt.pc" \
-      --replace-fail "$out" "$dev"
     substituteInPlace "$dev/share/pkgconfig/libghostty-vt-static.pc" \
       --replace-fail "$out" "$dev"
   '';
@@ -128,8 +124,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
         runHook preBuildHooks
 
         cc -o test test_libghostty_vt.c \
-          ''$(pkg-config --cflags --libs libghostty-vt) \
-          -Wl,-rpath,"${finalAttrs.finalPackage}/lib"
+          ''$(pkg-config --cflags --libs libghostty-vt)
 
         runHook postBuildHooks
       '';
@@ -207,8 +202,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
         runHook preBuildHooks
 
         cc -o test main.c \
-          ''$(pkg-config --cflags --libs libghostty-vt) \
-          -Wl,-rpath,"${finalAttrs.finalPackage}/lib"
+          ''$(pkg-config --cflags --libs libghostty-vt)
 
         runHook postBuildHooks
       '';
diff --git a/src/build/GhosttyLibVt.zig b/src/build/GhosttyLibVt.zig
index ffd4962d9..cf4f88e8d 100644
--- a/src/build/GhosttyLibVt.zig
+++ b/src/build/GhosttyLibVt.zig
@@ -371,8 +371,8 @@ fn pkgConfigFiles(
     return .{
         .shared = wf.add("libghostty-vt.pc", b.fmt(
             \\prefix={s}
-            \\includedir=${{prefix}}/include
-            \\libdir=${{prefix}}/lib
+            \\includedir={s}
+            \\libdir={s}
             \\
             \\Name: libghostty-vt
             \\URL: https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty
@@ -382,11 +382,18 @@ fn pkgConfigFiles(
             \\Libs: -L${{libdir}} -lghostty-vt
             \\Libs.private: {s}
             \\Requires.private: {s}
-        , .{ b.install_prefix, zig.version, libs_private, requires_private })),
+        , .{
+            b.install_prefix,
+            b.h_dir,
+            b.lib_dir,
+            zig.version,
+            libs_private,
+            requires_private,
+        })),
         .static = wf.add("libghostty-vt-static.pc", b.fmt(
             \\prefix={s}
-            \\includedir=${{prefix}}/include
-            \\libdir=${{prefix}}/lib
+            \\includedir={s}
+            \\libdir={s}
             \\
             \\Name: libghostty-vt-static
             \\URL: https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty
@@ -398,6 +405,8 @@ fn pkgConfigFiles(
             \\Requires.private: {s}
         , .{
             b.install_prefix,
+            b.h_dir,
+            b.lib_dir,
             zig.version,
             staticLibraryName(os_tag),
             libs_private,