diff --git a/triggers/x11-fonts b/triggers/x11-fonts
index 3cdebb170b2..72aeff1e9ab 100755
--- a/triggers/x11-fonts
+++ b/triggers/x11-fonts
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
 #
 trigger="x11-fonts"
 
+mkfontdir=./usr/bin/mkfontdir
+mkfontscale=./usr/bin/mkfontscale
+
 case "$1" in
 targets)
 	echo "post-install pre-remove"
@@ -26,9 +29,9 @@ run)
 	post-install)
 		for dir in ${font_dirs}; do
 			echo "Building ${dir}/fonts.dir..."
-			mkfontdir .${dir} || exit $?
+			${mkfontdir} .${dir} || exit $?
 			echo "Building ${dir}/fonts.scale..."
-			mkfontscale .${dir} || exit $?
+			${mkfontscale} .${dir} || exit $?
 		done
 		;;
 	pre-remove)