diff --git a/dev-util/dejagnu/dejagnu-1.6.recipe b/dev-util/dejagnu/dejagnu-1.6.recipe
index a8bcc77d7..6d226ea9c 100644
--- a/dev-util/dejagnu/dejagnu-1.6.recipe
+++ b/dev-util/dejagnu/dejagnu-1.6.recipe
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ DESCRIPTION="DejaGnu purpose is to provide a single front-end for all tests."
 HOMEPAGE="https://www.gnu.org/software/dejagnu"
 COPYRIGHT="1992-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc."
 LICENSE="GNU GPL v3"
-REVISION="1"
+REVISION="2"
 SOURCE_URI="https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/dejagnu/dejagnu-$portVersion.tar.gz"
 CHECKSUM_SHA256="00b64a618e2b6b581b16eb9131ee80f721baa2669fa0cdee93c500d1a652d763"
 
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
 	cmd:awk
 	cmd:gcc$secondaryArchSuffix
 	cmd:make
+	cmd:sed
 	"
 
 BUILD()
@@ -37,4 +38,6 @@ BUILD()
 INSTALL()
 {
 	make install
+	# replace occurrences of share with data
+	sed -i "s|/usr/share|$dataDir|g" $binDir/runtest
 }