diff --git a/srcpkgs/lcov/template b/srcpkgs/lcov/template
index 33fb098464f..06b532ffa2b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/lcov/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/lcov/template
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ revision=2
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 make_check_target=test
 make_build_args="CFG_DIR=/etc"
+make_install_args="CFG_DIR=/etc"
 hostmakedepends="perl"
 depends="perl"
 short_desc="Front-end for GCC's coverage testing tool gcov"