diff --git a/srcpkgs/geeqie/template b/srcpkgs/geeqie/template
index 2681f31e3ef..efc425e9d83 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/geeqie/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/geeqie/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'geeqie'
 pkgname=geeqie
 version=1.5.1
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-gtk3"
 hostmakedepends="automake pkg-config intltool glib-devel gtk+3-devel"
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ post_extract() {
 
 pre_configure() {
 	NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh
+	# The shipped configure doesn't have the code path
+	# for generating gtk+3 cflags and ldflags
+	vsed -i -e '/DATADIRNAME=/s/=.*/=share/' \
+		-e '/CATOBJEXT=/s/\.mo/.gmo/' \
+		configure
 }
 
 do_build() {