diff --git a/printing/foomatic-db-engine/foomatic-db-engine.conf b/printing/foomatic-db-engine/foomatic-db-engine.conf
index 0c762d8cc..a7cedda2f 100644
--- a/printing/foomatic-db-engine/foomatic-db-engine.conf
+++ b/printing/foomatic-db-engine/foomatic-db-engine.conf
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 #
 # Filename: package/.../foomatic-db-engine/foomatic-db-engine.conf
-# Copyright (C) 2007 The OpenSDE Project
+# Copyright (C) 2007 - 2012 The OpenSDE Project
 #
 # More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
 #
@@ -13,3 +13,5 @@
 # --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
 
 hook_add preconf 5 './make_configure'
+
+var_append makeopt ' ' "PERL_INSTALLDIRS=vendor"