diff --git a/srcpkgs/enchant2/template b/srcpkgs/enchant2/template
index d3f9c9d1ad8..5bb08e5c563 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/enchant2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/enchant2/template
@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
 # Template file for 'enchant2'
 pkgname=enchant2
 version=2.2.15
-revision=1
+revision=2
 wrksrc="enchant-${version}"
 build_style=gnu-configure
+# so package doesn't conflict with enchant's /usr/share/enchant/enchant.ordering;
+# might be a bug in their build system that only this directory and/or file aren't
+# suffixed appropriately.
+# passing this in make is safe because this is the value used to define the macro
+# that their code uses to find enchant.ordering
+make_build_args="pkgdatadir=/usr/share/enchant-2"
+make_install_args="$make_build_args"
 # tests need --enable-relocatable
 configure_args="--enable-relocatable"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"