diff --git a/sysutils/magicrescue/Makefile b/sysutils/magicrescue/Makefile
index e8f6809def38..b3326e5cf8ed 100644
--- a/sysutils/magicrescue/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/magicrescue/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ MAINTAINER=	ehaupt@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	A file recovery tool which recovers deleted files from a block device
 
 HAS_CONFIGURE=	yes
+CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--prefix=${PREFIX}
 USE_PERL5_RUN=	yes
 
 MAN1=		dupemap.1 magicrescue.1 magicsort.1