diff --git a/sys-devel/gettext/gettext-0.18.1.1-dev.bep b/sys-devel/gettext/gettext-0.18.1.1-dev.bep
index 988666d36..cdc1bb475 100644
--- a/sys-devel/gettext/gettext-0.18.1.1-dev.bep
+++ b/sys-devel/gettext/gettext-0.18.1.1-dev.bep
@@ -38,7 +38,12 @@ BUILD {
 	autoconf -Wnone
 	export EXTRA_CONF="--disable-java"
 	cd ../
-	./configure --prefix=`finddir B_COMMON_DIRECTORY`
+	./configure --prefix=`finddir B_COMMON_DIRECTORY` \
+		--datarootdir=`finddir B_COMMON_DATA_DIRECTORY` \
+		--docdir=`finddir B_COMMON_DOCUMENTATION_DIRECTORY`/doc \
+		--infodir=`finddir B_COMMON_DOCUMENTATION_DIRECTORY`/info \
+		--localedir=`finddir B_COMMON_DATA_DIRECTORY`/locale \
+		--mandir=`finddir B_COMMON_DOCUMENTATION_DIRECTORY`/man
     make
 }
 
diff --git a/sys-devel/gettext/gettext-0.18.1.1.bep b/sys-devel/gettext/gettext-0.18.1.1.bep
index 0f31b9edb..efab1299d 100644
--- a/sys-devel/gettext/gettext-0.18.1.1.bep
+++ b/sys-devel/gettext/gettext-0.18.1.1.bep
@@ -22,7 +22,12 @@ BUILD {
 	autoconf -Wnone
 	export EXTRA_CONF="--disable-java"
 #	export LDFLAGS="-lnetwork -liconv"
-	./configure --prefix=`finddir B_COMMON_DIRECTORY`
+	./configure --prefix=`finddir B_COMMON_DIRECTORY` \
+		--datarootdir=`finddir B_COMMON_DATA_DIRECTORY` \
+		--docdir=`finddir B_COMMON_DOCUMENTATION_DIRECTORY`/doc \
+		--infodir=`finddir B_COMMON_DOCUMENTATION_DIRECTORY`/info \
+		--localedir=`finddir B_COMMON_DATA_DIRECTORY`/locale \
+		--mandir=`finddir B_COMMON_DOCUMENTATION_DIRECTORY`/man
 	make
 }