diff --git a/base/groff/groff.conf b/base/groff/groff.conf
index 748233e81..6e8da7e1b 100644
--- a/base/groff/groff.conf
+++ b/base/groff/groff.conf
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ pm_groff () {
 
 hook_add postmake 5 "pm_groff"
 
+var_append confopt ' ' '--libdir=$root$libdir'
 var_append extraconfopt ' ' '--enable-japanese --enable-multibyte'
 
 # cross works-arounds, do not build and install docs utilizing groff itself