diff --git a/srcpkgs/ted/template b/srcpkgs/ted/template
index a933f7fd3e5..e1d5f4227b9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ted/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ted/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'ted'
 pkgname=ted
 version=2.23
-revision=2
+revision=3
 wrksrc=Ted-${version}
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config tar"
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ post_patch() {
 do_configure() {
 	# replace all newlines with tabs
 	export CONFIGURE_OPTIONS="${configure_args//
-/	}"
+/	} --datadir=/usr/share"
 	vsed -i -e '/^CONFIGURE_OPTIONS[	 ]*=/ s/=/ += /' Makefile
 	make $(sed -n '/^[-a-zA-Z0-9_]*\/[Mm]akefile:/ s/:.*//p' Makefile)
 }