diff --git a/dev-libs/expat/expat-2.0.1.bep b/dev-libs/expat/expat-2.0.1.bep
index 55bedde4e..c90c2dee6 100644
--- a/dev-libs/expat/expat-2.0.1.bep
+++ b/dev-libs/expat/expat-2.0.1.bep
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ BUILD {
 	libtoolize --force --copy --install
 	aclocal -I conftools -I m4
 	autoconf
-	configure --prefix=`finddir B_COMMON_DIRECTORY`
+	configure --prefix=`finddir B_COMMON_DIRECTORY` \
+		--mandir=`finddir B_COMMON_DOCUMENTATION_DIRECTORY`
 	make
 }