diff --git a/sys-apps/coreutils/coreutils-8.5.bep b/sys-apps/coreutils/coreutils-8.5.bep
index 98106ebf9..d37a2e2f8 100644
--- a/sys-apps/coreutils/coreutils-8.5.bep
+++ b/sys-apps/coreutils/coreutils-8.5.bep
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ DEPEND=""
 CHECKSUM_MD5="c1ffe586d001e87d66cd80c4536ee823"
 BUILD {
 	cd coreutils-8.5
-	./configure --prefix=`finddir B_COMMON_DIRECTORY`
+	MANDIR=`finddir B_COMMON_DOCUMENTATION_DIRECTORY`/man
+	./configure --prefix=`finddir B_COMMON_DIRECTORY` \
+		--mandir=${MANDIR}
 	make
 }