diff --git a/xorg/pango/build b/xorg/pango/build
index 146d60ad..f9f9fd37 100755
--- a/xorg/pango/build
+++ b/xorg/pango/build
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh -e
 
+export DESTDIR="$1"
+
 meson \
     --prefix=/usr \
     -Dgir=false \
@@ -8,7 +10,7 @@ meson \
     . build
 
 ninja -C build
-DESTDIR="$1" ninja -C build install
+ninja -C build install
 
 # Remove unneeded tests
 rm -rf "$1/usr/share/installed-tests"