diff --git a/packages/x11/data/xkeyboard-config/package.mk b/packages/x11/data/xkeyboard-config/package.mk
index 46752d53f1..aec5c7c580 100644
--- a/packages/x11/data/xkeyboard-config/package.mk
+++ b/packages/x11/data/xkeyboard-config/package.mk
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ pre_configure_target() {
                              --disable-runtime-deps \
                              --enable-nls \
                              --disable-rpath \
+                             --datadir=/usr/lib \
                              --with-gnu-ld"
 
   if [ "${DISPLAYSERVER}" = "x11" ]; then