diff --git a/gstlal-calibration/debian/gstlal-calibration.install b/gstlal-calibration/debian/gstlal-calibration.install
index ebfc80c2cdeaa49d7454f433840e8f9669d70332..01e576889fcdc0f3bdf2bf5a5147338757b04d86 100644
--- a/gstlal-calibration/debian/gstlal-calibration.install
+++ b/gstlal-calibration/debian/gstlal-calibration.install
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 usr/bin/*
-usr/lib/gstreamer-*/libgstlalcalibration.*
+usr/lib/gstreamer-*/lib*.a
+usr/lib/gstreamer-*/lib*.so
diff --git a/gstlal-calibration/gst/cmath/Makefile.am b/gstlal-calibration/gst/cmath/Makefile.am
index 6e7ea8251caba2fcb2467d214b9998ca5a694850..4dabe433add741669abc8fd154beb93bcab23c87 100644
--- a/gstlal-calibration/gst/cmath/Makefile.am
+++ b/gstlal-calibration/gst/cmath/Makefile.am
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-plugin_LTLIBRARIES = libgstcmath.la
+plugin_LTLIBRARIES = lib@GSTPLUGINPREFIX@gstcmath.la
 
 # sources used to compile this plug-in
-libgstcmath_la_SOURCES = \
+lib@GSTPLUGINPREFIX@gstcmath_la_SOURCES = \
 	cmath.c \
 	cmath_base.h cmath_base.c \
 	cmath_cabs.c \
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ libgstcmath_la_SOURCES = \
 	cmath_cpow.c \
 	cmath_lpshiftfreq.c \
 	cmath_catan.c
-libgstcmath_la_CPPFLAGS = $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(PYTHON_CPPFLAGS)
-libgstcmath_la_CFLAGS = $(AM_CFLAGS) $(LAL_CFLAGS) $(GSTLAL_CFLAGS) $(gstreamer_CFLAGS) $(gstreamer_audio_CFLAGS)
-libgstcmath_la_LDFLAGS = $(AM_LDFLAGS) $(LAL_LIBS) $(GSTLAL_LIBS) $(PYTHON_LIBS) $(gstreamer_LIBS) $(gstreamer_audio_LIBS) $(GSTLAL_PLUGIN_LDFLAGS)
+lib@GSTPLUGINPREFIX@gstcmath_la_CPPFLAGS = $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(PYTHON_CPPFLAGS)
+lib@GSTPLUGINPREFIX@gstcmath_la_CFLAGS = $(AM_CFLAGS) $(LAL_CFLAGS) $(GSTLAL_CFLAGS) $(gstreamer_CFLAGS) $(gstreamer_audio_CFLAGS)
+lib@GSTPLUGINPREFIX@gstcmath_la_LDFLAGS = $(AM_LDFLAGS) $(LAL_LIBS) $(GSTLAL_LIBS) $(PYTHON_LIBS) $(gstreamer_LIBS) $(gstreamer_audio_LIBS) $(GSTLAL_PLUGIN_LDFLAGS)
 
 # headers we need but don't want installed
 noinst_HEADERS = cmath_base.h
diff --git a/gstlal-calibration/gst/splitcounter/Makefile.am b/gstlal-calibration/gst/splitcounter/Makefile.am
index 0f7268f79dbefc4113c0640e324426c0c8d32592..77e74aebf52044c9043a7d10643c835884bf8b36 100644
--- a/gstlal-calibration/gst/splitcounter/Makefile.am
+++ b/gstlal-calibration/gst/splitcounter/Makefile.am
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-plugin_LTLIBRARIES = libsplitcounter.la
+plugin_LTLIBRARIES = lib@GSTPLUGINPREFIX@splitcounter.la
 
-libsplitcounter_la_SOURCES = \
+lib@GSTPLUGINPREFIX@splitcounter_la_SOURCES = \
 	splitcounter.c splitcounter.h
-libsplitcounter_la_CPPFLAGS = $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(PYTHON_CPPFLAGS)
-libsplitcounter_la_CFLAGS = $(AM_CFLAGS) $(LAL_CFLAGS) $(GSTLAL_CFLAGS) $(gstreamer_CFLAGS) $(gstreamer_audio_CFLAGS)
-libsplitcounter_la_LDFLAGS = $(AM_LDFLAGS) $(LAL_LIBS) $(GSTLAL_LIBS) $(PYTHON_LIBS) $(gstreamer_LIBS) $(gstreamer_audio_LIBS) $(GSTLAL_PLUGIN_LDFLAGS)
+lib@GSTPLUGINPREFIX@splitcounter_la_CPPFLAGS = $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(PYTHON_CPPFLAGS)
+lib@GSTPLUGINPREFIX@splitcounter_la_CFLAGS = $(AM_CFLAGS) $(LAL_CFLAGS) $(GSTLAL_CFLAGS) $(gstreamer_CFLAGS) $(gstreamer_audio_CFLAGS)
+lib@GSTPLUGINPREFIX@splitcounter_la_LDFLAGS = $(AM_LDFLAGS) $(LAL_LIBS) $(GSTLAL_LIBS) $(PYTHON_LIBS) $(gstreamer_LIBS) $(gstreamer_audio_LIBS) $(GSTLAL_PLUGIN_LDFLAGS)
diff --git a/gstlal-calibration/gstlal-calibration.spec.in b/gstlal-calibration/gstlal-calibration.spec.in
index a4fc625cc47d5786cc53cada08a47e06dd2e671c..3823304ea47ea88923d51b19fdbfc9febf28d5e0 100644
--- a/gstlal-calibration/gstlal-calibration.spec.in
+++ b/gstlal-calibration/gstlal-calibration.spec.in
@@ -84,5 +84,6 @@ rm -Rf ${RPM_BUILD_DIR}/%{name}-%{version}
 %files
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 %{_bindir}/*
-%{_libdir}/gstreamer-*/libgstlalcalibration.*
+%{_libdir}/gstreamer-*/lib*.a
+%{_libdir}/gstreamer-*/lib*.so
 %{_prefix}/%{_lib}/python*/site-packages/gstlal