diff --git a/packages/emulators/mame/build b/packages/emulators/mame/build
index 1c967f2e31..088b6a088a 100755
--- a/packages/emulators/mame/build
+++ b/packages/emulators/mame/build
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ cd $PKG_BUILD
            obj/sdl/mame/emu/cpu/m68000 \
            obj/sdl/mame/emu/cpu/tms57002
 
-  make BUILD_EXPAT=1 obj/sdl/mame/build/file2str
-  make BUILD_EXPAT=1 obj/sdl/mame/build/png2bdc
-  make BUILD_EXPAT=1 obj/sdl/mame/build/m68kmake
-  make BUILD_EXPAT=1 obj/sdl/mame/build/tmsmake
+  make BUILD_EXPAT=1 SDL_INSTALL_ROOT="/usr" obj/sdl/mame/build/file2str
+  make BUILD_EXPAT=1 SDL_INSTALL_ROOT="/usr" obj/sdl/mame/build/png2bdc
+  make BUILD_EXPAT=1 SDL_INSTALL_ROOT="/usr" obj/sdl/mame/build/m68kmake
+  make BUILD_EXPAT=1 SDL_INSTALL_ROOT="/usr" obj/sdl/mame/build/tmsmake
 
   cp obj/sdl/mame/build/file2str $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/mame-file2str
   cp obj/sdl/mame/build/png2bdc $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/mame-png2bdc