diff --git a/xbps-src/shutils/configure_funcs.sh b/xbps-src/shutils/configure_funcs.sh
index 7ee12ba1c50..f91bd6b8361 100644
--- a/xbps-src/shutils/configure_funcs.sh
+++ b/xbps-src/shutils/configure_funcs.sh
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@
 # to GNU configure scripts.
 #
 export CONFIGURE_SHARED_ARGS="--prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc \
-	--infodir=/usr/share/info --mandir=/usr/share/man"
+	--infodir=/usr/share/info --mandir=/usr/share/man \
+	--localstatedir=/var"
 
 do_gnu_configure()
 {