diff --git a/sys-devel/flex/flex-2.5.35.bep b/sys-devel/flex/flex-2.5.35.bep
index 145b2ccad..4144cf665 100644
--- a/sys-devel/flex/flex-2.5.35.bep
+++ b/sys-devel/flex/flex-2.5.35.bep
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ REVISION="1"
 STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
 DEPEND=""
 CHECKSUM_MD5="10714e50cea54dc7a227e3eddcd44d57"
+
 BUILD {
 	cd flex-2.5.35
 	rm aclocal.m4
@@ -14,7 +15,8 @@ BUILD {
 	automake --add-missing --force-missing
 	./configure --prefix=`finddir B_COMMON_DIRECTORY` \
 		--infodir=`finddir B_COMMON_DOCUMENTATION_DIRECTORY`/info \
-		--mandir=`finddir B_COMMON_DOCUMENTATION_DIRECTORY`/man 
+		--mandir=`finddir B_COMMON_DOCUMENTATION_DIRECTORY`/man \
+		--datarootdir=`finddir B_COMMON_DATA_DIRECTORY`
 	make
 }
 
@@ -22,5 +24,8 @@ INSTALL {
 	cd flex-2.5.35
 	make install
 }
+
 LICENSE="Flex"
-COPYRIGHT="2001-2007 The Flex Project; 1990, 1997 The Regents of the University of California"
+
+COPYRIGHT="2001-2007 The Flex Project
+	1990, 1997 The Regents of the University of California"