diff --git a/srcpkgs/xscreensaver/template b/srcpkgs/xscreensaver/template
index 6c20aa4379d..b68dd1b2fa3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xscreensaver/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xscreensaver/template
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ pre_configure() {
 
 do_install() {
 	vmkdir etc/pam.d
-	make install_prefix=${DESTDIR} install
+	make install_prefix=${DESTDIR} GTK_DATADIR=/usr/share install
 	rm ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/man/man6/xscreensaver-systemd.6
 	ln -s /usr/libexec/xscreensaver/xscreensaver-text ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/xscreensaver-text
 	echo "NotShowIn=KDE;GNOME;" >> ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/applications/xscreensaver-settings.desktop