diff --git a/srcpkgs/i3lock/template b/srcpkgs/i3lock/template
index 4585b8c393b..98a456be8c7 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/i3lock/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/i3lock/template
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 pkgname=i3lock
 version=2.6
 revision=2
-build_style=gnu-makefile
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="libev-devel cairo-devel pam-devel libxkbcommon-devel
  xcb-util-devel xcb-util-image-devel"
@@ -14,6 +13,10 @@ homepage="http://i3wm.org/i3lock/"
 distfiles="http://i3wm.org/i3lock/i3lock-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=c02d899fefc66bc36e47b305251363861400541f3925a21a94c66cee9055402a
 
-post_install() {
+do_build() {
+	make CC=$CC ${makejobs}
+}
+do_install() {
+	make PREFIX=/usr DESTDIR=${DESTDIR} install
 	vman i3lock.1
 }