diff --git a/media-libs/libsndfile/libsndfile-1.0.21.bep b/media-libs/libsndfile/libsndfile-1.0.21.bep
index 085fa8468..c54b78a76 100644
--- a/media-libs/libsndfile/libsndfile-1.0.21.bep
+++ b/media-libs/libsndfile/libsndfile-1.0.21.bep
@@ -16,10 +16,14 @@ BUILD {
 	echo "AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([M4]) >> configure.in"
 	libtoolize --force --copy --install
 	aclocal --install -I M4
+	sed -i 's/htmldocdir=$prefix\/share\/doc\/libsndfile1-dev\/html/htmldocdir=`finddir B_COMMON_DOCUMENTATION_DIRECTORY`\/doc\/libsndfile1-dev\/html/' configure.ac
 	autoconf
 	autoheader
 	automake
-	./configure --prefix=`finddir B_COMMON_DIRECTORY`
+	COMMON_DOCS=`finddir B_COMMON_DOCUMENTATION_DIRECTORY`
+	export htmldocdir=$COMMON_DOCS/doc/libsndfile-dev/html
+	./configure --prefix=`finddir B_COMMON_DIRECTORY` \
+		--mandir=$COMMON_DOCS
 	make
 }