diff --git a/templates/grub/template b/templates/grub/template
index 5673b570132..e85aa503e16 100644
--- a/templates/grub/template
+++ b/templates/grub/template
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ patch_files="grub-0.97-256byte_inode-1.diff
 patch_args="-Np1"
 distfiles="ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/grub/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
 build_style=gnu_configure
+configure_args="--sbindir=/sbin"
 short_desc="GRand Unified Bootloader"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 checksum=4e1d15d12dbd3e9208111d6b806ad5a9857ca8850c47877d36575b904559260b