diff --git a/community/gd/build b/community/gd/build
index 5ef8be86..06e6fabe 100755
--- a/community/gd/build
+++ b/community/gd/build
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh -e
 
+export DESTDIR="$1"
+
 ./configure \
     --prefix=/usr \
     --sysconfdir=/etc \