diff --git a/dev-libs/libxml2/libxml2-2.7.8.bep b/dev-libs/libxml2/libxml2-2.7.8.bep
index 8586fd6dd..d7bd64df1 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libxml2/libxml2-2.7.8.bep
+++ b/dev-libs/libxml2/libxml2-2.7.8.bep
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ BUILD {
 	libtoolize --force --copy --install
 	aclocal
 	autoconf
+	sed -i 's/$(datadir)\/aclocal/`finddir B_COMMON_DATA_DIRECTORY`\/aclocal/g' M*
 	automake
 	COMMON_DOCS=`finddir B_COMMON_DOCUMENTATION_DIRECTORY`
 	./configure --prefix=`finddir B_COMMON_DIRECTORY` \