diff --git a/misc/findutils/Makefile b/misc/findutils/Makefile
index ea355e05c36..31c10cd156e 100644
--- a/misc/findutils/Makefile
+++ b/misc/findutils/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.21 2011/07/15 16:43:29 naddy Exp $
+# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.22 2012/04/28 15:03:46 ajacoutot Exp $
 
 COMMENT=		finds and then operates on files
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ CONFIGURE_ARGS=		--program-prefix="g"
 CONFIGURE_ENV=		CPPFLAGS="-I${LOCALBASE}/include" \
 			LDFLAGS="-L${LOCALBASE}/lib"
 
-MAKE_FLAGS=		localstatedir=/var/db
+LOCALSTATEDIR=		${BASELOCALSTATEDIR}/db
 USE_GROFF =		Yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>