diff --git a/media-video/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-0.10.2.bep b/media-video/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-0.10.2.bep
index efc2c52fd..30b0122b7 100644
--- a/media-video/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-0.10.2.bep
+++ b/media-video/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-0.10.2.bep
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ DEPEND="media-libs/libogg >= 1.3.0
 BUILD {
 	cd ffmpeg-0.10.2
 	./configure --prefix=`finddir B_COMMON_DIRECTORY` --disable-debug --enable-shared \
-		--enable-libvorbis --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libvpx
+		--enable-libvorbis --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libvpx \
+		--datadir=`finddir B_COMMON_DATA_DIRECTORY`
 	make
 }