diff --git a/textproc/lowdown/Makefile b/textproc/lowdown/Makefile
index fef55cb48eef..f3c06a90639c 100644
--- a/textproc/lowdown/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/lowdown/Makefile
@@ -1,21 +1,22 @@
 PORTNAME=	lowdown
 PORTVERSION=	0.8.5
 CATEGORIES=	textproc
 MASTER_SITES=	https://kristaps.bsd.lv/lowdown/snapshots/
 
 MAINTAINER=	bapt@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Simple Markdown translator
 
 LICENSE=	ISCL
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/lib/libdiff.a:textproc/libdiff
 LDFLAGS+=	-lmd
 MAKE_ARGS=	LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}" MANDIR=${PREFIX}/share/man
 
 HAS_CONFIGURE=	yes
+CONFIGURE_ARGS=	PREFIX="${PREFIX}"
 
 post-install:
 	${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/${PORTNAME}
 	${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/${PORTNAME}-diff
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>