diff --git a/media-libs/libsdl/libsdl-1.2-hg.bep b/media-libs/libsdl/libsdl-1.2-hg.bep
index 67c1980f8..e95a9eaf1 100644
--- a/media-libs/libsdl/libsdl-1.2-hg.bep
+++ b/media-libs/libsdl/libsdl-1.2-hg.bep
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ BUILD {
 	MANDIR=`finddir B_COMMON_DOCUMENTATION_DIRECTORY`/man
 	LIBDIR=`finddir B_COMMON_LIB_DIRECTORY`
 	./configure --prefix=`finddir B_COMMON_DIRECTORY` \
+		--datarootdir=`finddir B_COMMON_DATA_DIRECTORY` \
 		--libdir=$LIBDIR \
 		--mandir=$MANDIR
 	sed -i 's/#define HAVE_SIGACTION 1/#undef HAVE_SIGACTION/' include/SDL_config.h