diff --git a/srcpkgs/abiword/template b/srcpkgs/abiword/template
index 79cb241b0d1..68f97930aa5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/abiword/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/abiword/template
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ license="GPL-3"
 homepage="http://www.abisource.com/"
 distfiles="${homepage}/downloads/${pkgname}/${version}/source/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=afbfd458fd02989d8b0c6362ba8a4c14686d89666f54cfdb5501bd2090cf3522
-build_option="gtk3 goffice"
+build_options="gtk3 goffice"
 # reenable when http://bugzilla.abisource.com/show_bug.cgi?id=13815 is fixed.
-# build_option_default="gtk3 goffice"
+# build_options_default="gtk3 goffice"
 
 CXXFLAGS="-std=c++11"