diff --git a/templates/coreutils.tmpl b/templates/coreutils.tmpl
index 3af88b4ebe..18bee9ccca 100644
--- a/templates/coreutils.tmpl
+++ b/templates/coreutils.tmpl
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ pkgname=coreutils
 version=6.12
 distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/$pkgname-$version@.tar.gz"
 build_style=gnu_configure
+configure_args="--bindir=$XBPS_MASTERDIR/bin"
 short_desc="The GNU core utilities"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 checksum=49d2f703e2310e6328cb6f9d9bae3612c42b3ee5175f449692c5b95e453cf18a