diff --git a/textproc/ispell-british/Makefile b/textproc/ispell-british/Makefile
index 50ac6ea3739b..eedc9cba9585 100644
--- a/textproc/ispell-british/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/ispell-british/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.3 2001/03/15 15:27:40 wiz Exp $
+# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.4 2001/04/15 21:22:15 agc Exp $
 #
 
 DISTNAME=	ispell-3.1.20
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ ALL_TARGET=	config.sh all-languages
 
 DICT_LANG=	british
 
+MAKE_FLAGS+=	TMPDIR="${WRKDIR}"
+
 do-configure:
 	cd ${WRKSRC};							\
 	${SED} -e 's|/usr/local|${PREFIX}|g' <local.h.samp >local.h;	\