diff --git a/games/uqm/Makefile b/games/uqm/Makefile
index a2e4735283b8..d31fd49df4e7 100644
--- a/games/uqm/Makefile
+++ b/games/uqm/Makefile
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ post-extract:
 	${CP} ${DISTDIR}/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}-content.zip ${WRKSRC}/content/packages/
 
 do-configure:
-	cd ${WRKSRC} && ${SETENV} PREFIX=${PREFIX} ./build.sh uqm config
+	cd ${WRKSRC} && ${SETENV} LOCALBASE=${LOCALBASE} PREFIX=${PREFIX} ./build.sh uqm config
 
 do-build:
 	cd ${WRKSRC} && ./build.sh uqm