diff --git a/srcpkgs/dtach/template b/srcpkgs/dtach/template
index 8d58b6b69db..262057b7a31 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/dtach/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/dtach/template
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Add_dependency build glibc-devel
 
 do_build()
 {
+	./configure --prefix=/usr
 	make ${makejobs}
 }
 
@@ -28,4 +29,3 @@ do_install()
 	install -Dm755 dtach "${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/dtach"
 	install -Dm644 dtach.1 "${DESTDIR}/usr/share/man/man1/dtach.1"
 }
-# vim:set ts=2 sw=2 et: