diff --git a/package/public/transfig/transfig.conf b/package/public/transfig/transfig.conf
index 86d9640fd..6fa5dd054 100644
--- a/package/public/transfig/transfig.conf
+++ b/package/public/transfig/transfig.conf
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 
 var_append makeinstopt " " "XFIGLIBDIR=$libdir/X11/xfig \
            FIG2DEV_LIBDIR=$libdir/fig2dev install install.man"
-
 hook_add premake 1 'eval $MAKE Makefiles'
-var_append makeinstopt " " "install.man"
-
+hook_add premake 3 \
+	 "sed -i -e 's,usr/local/lib/fig2dev,$docdir,' fig2dev/dev/Makefile"