diff --git a/gnome2/gmime/gmime.conf b/gnome2/gmime/gmime.conf
index 71998e2fd..b7c971174 100644
--- a/gnome2/gmime/gmime.conf
+++ b/gnome2/gmime/gmime.conf
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 #
 # Filename: package/.../gmime/gmime.conf
-# Copyright (C) 2007 The OpenSDE Project
+# Copyright (C) 2007 - 2011 The OpenSDE Project
 # Copyright (C) 2004 - 2006 The T2 SDE Project
 # Copyright (C) 1998 - 2004 Clifford Wolf
 #
@@ -17,3 +17,6 @@
 if ! pkginstalled -f gtk-sharp; then
 	var_append extraconfopt ' ' '--enable-mono=no'
 fi
+
+# prefix the uudecode and uuencode binaries to not conflict with sharutils
+var_append extraconfopt ' ' "--program-prefix=$pkg-"