diff --git a/net-fs/samba/samba-3.6.25.recipe b/net-fs/samba/samba-3.6.25.recipe
index 5292998bf..ca1680539 100644
--- a/net-fs/samba/samba-3.6.25.recipe
+++ b/net-fs/samba/samba-3.6.25.recipe
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ BUILD()
 							--with-configdir=$settingsDir/samba \
 							--with-privatedir=$settingsDir/samba \
 							--with-localedir=$dataRootDir/locale \
-							--with-logfilebase=sharedStateDir/log
+							--with-logfilebase=$sharedStateDir/log
 	sed -i 's/-lpthread//g' Makefile
 	sed -i 's/-lc//g' Makefile
 	make $jobArgs