diff --git a/config.h.in b/config.h.in
index 66d2cdc0f..e2798c660 100644
--- a/config.h.in
+++ b/config.h.in
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #define WAYFIRE_API_ABI_VERSION_STRING "@WAYFIRE_API_ABI_VERSION@"
 #define PLUGIN_PATH "@PLUGIN_PATH@"
 #define PLUGIN_XML_DIR "@PLUGIN_XML_DIR@"
+#define REL_LIBDIR "@REL_LIBDIR@"
 #define SYSCONFDIR "@SYSCONFDIR@"
 #define WF_DEFAULT_CONFIG_BACKEND "@DEFAULT_CONFIG_BACKEND@"
 #mesondefine BUILD_WITH_IMAGEIO
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 6a36389e4..e74d93297 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ conf_data.set('PLUGIN_XML_DIR', join_paths(get_option('prefix'), metadata_dir_su
 sysconfdir = join_paths(get_option('prefix'), get_option('sysconfdir'))
 conf_data.set('SYSCONFDIR', sysconfdir)
 pkgdatadir = join_paths(get_option('prefix'), 'share', 'wayfire', 'protocols')
+conf_data.set('REL_LIBDIR', get_option('libdir'))
 
 if get_option('default_config_backend') == 'default'
   conf_data.set('DEFAULT_CONFIG_BACKEND', join_paths(conf_data.get('PLUGIN_PATH'), 'libdefault-config-backend.so'))
diff --git a/src/core/plugin-loader.cpp b/src/core/plugin-loader.cpp
index a3f863e1f..1e0dde56d 100644
--- a/src/core/plugin-loader.cpp
+++ b/src/core/plugin-loader.cpp
@@ -326,8 +326,23 @@ std::vector<std::string> wf::get_plugin_paths()
 
     if (xdg_data_dir != "")
     {
-        plugin_prefixes.push_back(xdg_data_dir + "/wayfire/plugin-manager/install/lib/wayfire");
-        plugin_prefixes.push_back(xdg_data_dir + "/wayfire/plugin-manager/install/lib64/wayfire");
+        // REL_LIBDIR from meson.build: get_option('libdir') to be compatible with wayfire-plugin
+        std::string rel_libdir = REL_LIBDIR;
+        plugin_prefixes.push_back(xdg_data_dir + "/wayfire/plugin-manager/install/" +
+            rel_libdir + "/wayfire");
+
+        // previous hardcoded paths for wayfire-plugin
+        if (rel_libdir != "lib")
+        {
+            plugin_prefixes.push_back(xdg_data_dir + "/wayfire/plugin-manager/install/lib/wayfire");
+        }
+
+        if (rel_libdir != "lib64")
+        {
+            plugin_prefixes.push_back(xdg_data_dir + "/wayfire/plugin-manager/install/lib64/wayfire");
+        }
+
+        // additional path for manually installed plugins
         plugin_prefixes.push_back(xdg_data_dir + "/wayfire/plugins");
     }