diff --git a/srcpkgs/polkit-gnome/template b/srcpkgs/polkit-gnome/template
index a12599dcad8..21841eebb2c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/polkit-gnome/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/polkit-gnome/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'polkit-gnome'
 pkgname=polkit-gnome
 version=0.105
-revision=7
+revision=8
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool gobject-introspection"
 makedepends="polkit-devel gtk+3-devel"
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ homepage="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PolicyKit"
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/$pkgname/$version/$pkgname-$version.tar.xz"
 checksum=1784494963b8bf9a00eedc6cd3a2868fb123b8a5e516e66c5eda48df17ab9369
 
+post_patch() {
+	vsed -i -e 's/DATADIRNAME=lib/DATADIRNAME=share/' configure
+}
+
 post_install() {
 	vinstall ${FILESDIR}/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1.desktop 644 usr/share/applications
 }