diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 40e4585b5..3fd4e4bd6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ demo/viewer/viewer.ini
 tests/cpp_tests/font_registration_test
 tests/python_tests/raster_colorizer_test.png
 tests/python_tests/raster_colorizer_test_save.xml
-bin/mapnik-config
+utils/mapnik-config/mapnik-config
 utils/shapeindex/shapeindex
 utils/ogrindex/ogrindex
 utils/pgsql2sqlite/pgsql2sqlite
diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 887826ca1..1248b0184 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -2022,8 +2022,8 @@ if not HELP_REQUESTED:
     if env['BENCHMARK']:
         SConscript('benchmark/build.py')
 
-    # install pkg-config script and mapnik-config script
-    SConscript('bin/build.py')
+    # install mapnik-config script
+    SConscript('utils/mapnik-config/build.py')
 
     # write the viewer.ini file
     SConscript('demo/viewer/build.py')
diff --git a/bin/build.py b/utils/mapnik-config/build.py
similarity index 98%
rename from bin/build.py
rename to utils/mapnik-config/build.py
index 26e28c2d7..a4fa89f09 100644
--- a/bin/build.py
+++ b/utils/mapnik-config/build.py
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ write_config(configuration,template,config_file)
 target_path = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(config_env['INSTALL_PREFIX'],'bin'))
 full_target = os.path.join(target_path,config_file)
 
-Depends(full_target, env.subst('../src/%s' % env['MAPNIK_LIB_NAME']))
+Depends(full_target, env.subst('../../src/%s' % env['MAPNIK_LIB_NAME']))
 
 if 'install' in COMMAND_LINE_TARGETS:
     # we must add 'install' catch here because otherwise
diff --git a/bin/mapnik-config.template.sh b/utils/mapnik-config/mapnik-config.template.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from bin/mapnik-config.template.sh
rename to utils/mapnik-config/mapnik-config.template.sh