diff --git a/sys-apps/gawk/gawk-3.1.8.bep b/sys-apps/gawk/gawk-3.1.8.bep
index a79cd3030..58c69266c 100644
--- a/sys-apps/gawk/gawk-3.1.8.bep
+++ b/sys-apps/gawk/gawk-3.1.8.bep
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ CHECKSUM_MD5="52b41c6c4418b3226dfb8f82076193bb"
 BUILD {
 	cd gawk-3.1.8
 	libtoolize --force --copy --install
-	
-	MANDIR=`finddir B_COMMON_DOCUMENTATION_DIRECTORY`/man
 	./configure --prefix=`finddir B_COMMON_DIRECTORY` \
-		--mandir=${MANDIR}
+		--datarootdir=`finddir B_COMMON_DATA_DIRECTORY` \
+		--libexecdir=`finddir B_COMMON_SERVERS_DIRECTORY` \
+		--mandir=`finddir B_COMMON_DOCUMENTATION_DIRECTORY`/man
 	make
 }