diff --git a/templates/kbd.tmpl b/templates/kbd.tmpl
index 81775bc57a0..2bb1a15b7a2 100644
--- a/templates/kbd.tmpl
+++ b/templates/kbd.tmpl
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pkgname=kbd
 version=1.12
 distfiles="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kbd/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
 build_style=configure
-configure_args="--datadir=/usr/share --mandir=/usr/share/man"
+configure_args="--datadir=/lib/kbd --mandir=/usr/share/man"
 make_install_args="DESTDIR=$XBPS_DESTDIR/$pkgname-$version
  BINDIR=$XBPS_DESTDIR/$pkgname-$version/bin"
 short_desc="Linux keyboard utilities"