diff --git a/templates/libidn-1.9.tmpl b/templates/libidn-1.9.tmpl
index cad4dd130de..145f9b1039b 100755
--- a/templates/libidn-1.9.tmpl
+++ b/templates/libidn-1.9.tmpl
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ extract_sufx=".tar.gz"
 url=http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libidn
 build_style=gnu_configure
 configure_env="EMACS=/bin/false"
-configure_args="--disable-csharp --disable-java"
+configure_args="--disable-csharp --disable-java
+ --libdir=$PKGFS_MASTERDIR/lib"
 short_desc="Internationalized Domain Names command line tool"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 checksum=3b2217f015965600b69983cf831746a591f0680e