diff --git a/libraries/DirectFB/DirectFB.SlackBuild b/libraries/DirectFB/DirectFB.SlackBuild
index f474d0c4bb..13eef7936d 100644
--- a/libraries/DirectFB/DirectFB.SlackBuild
+++ b/libraries/DirectFB/DirectFB.SlackBuild
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ find -L . \
  \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 640 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 \
   -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \;
 
+# man2html syntax has changed: thanks to marav on LQ for the sed line!
+sed -i 's/\$\*\ >/<\ \$\*\ >/' docs/Makefile.in
+
 CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 ./configure \