diff --git a/app-misc/figlet/figlet-222.recipe b/app-misc/figlet/figlet-222.recipe
index 1d32a5af5..557c2e62f 100644
--- a/app-misc/figlet/figlet-222.recipe
+++ b/app-misc/figlet/figlet-222.recipe
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ BUILD()
 INSTALL()
 {
     make install DESTDIR=$binDir MANDIR=${MAN} DEFAULTFONTDIR=${FONTS}
-    chmod 755 ${DESTDIR}/chkfont
-    chmod 755 ${DESTDIR}/figlist
-    chmod 755 ${DESTDIR}/showfigfonts   
+    chmod 755 $binDir/chkfont
+    chmod 755 $binDir/figlist
+    chmod 755 $binDir/showfigfonts  
 }