diff --git a/srcpkgs/optipng/template b/srcpkgs/optipng/template
index a1e6c41a772..536040b8da6 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/optipng/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/optipng/template
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 pkgname=optipng
 version=0.7.4
 revision=2
-build_style=configure
-configure_args="-prefix=/usr -mandir=/usr/share/man -with-system-libpng -with-system-zlib"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="zlib-devel libpng-devel>=1.6"
 short_desc="Advanced PNG Optimizer"
@@ -13,6 +11,18 @@ homepage="http://optipng.sourceforge.net/"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=520b5d5a9405dbdc5c905dd0cff87211e69c4ed2059744037510e613fe8237ff
 
+do_configure() {
+	./configure -prefix=/usr -mandir=/usr/share/man -with-system-libpng -with-system-zlib
+}
+
+do_build() {
+	make LD="$CC" ${makejobs}
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	make LD="$CC" DESTDIR=$DESTDIR install
+}
+
 optipng_package() {
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove all