diff --git a/srcpkgs/gsl-ucg/template b/srcpkgs/gsl-ucg/template
index 5ae1d27e5f8..b29b2527676 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gsl-ucg/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gsl-ucg/template
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ pre_build() {
 	export CC="CCNAME='$CC' ./c -q"
 }
 
-pre_install() {
-	export DESTDIR="${DESTDIR}/usr"
+do_install() {
+	make DESTDIR=${DESTDIR}/usr install
 }