diff --git a/package/rene/transfig/transfig.conf b/package/rene/transfig/transfig.conf
index abccabac7..9ed0b9ae1 100644
--- a/package/rene/transfig/transfig.conf
+++ b/package/rene/transfig/transfig.conf
@@ -20,10 +20,9 @@
 # 
 # --- ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
 
-var_append makeopt " " "XFIGLIBDIR=$libdir/X11/xfig \
-           FIG2DEV_LIBDIR=$libdir/fig2dev"
-makeinstopt="$makeopt"
+var_append makeinstopt " " "XFIGLIBDIR=$libdir/X11/xfig \
+           FIG2DEV_LIBDIR=$libdir/fig2dev install install.man"
 
-var_append makeopt " " "Makefiles"
-var_append makeinstopt " " "install install.man"
+hook_add premake 1 'eval $MAKE Makefiles'
+var_append makeinstopt " " "install.man"