diff --git a/development/smartgit/smartgit.SlackBuild b/development/smartgit/smartgit.SlackBuild
index 71913051e9..bb4d1ccd34 100644
--- a/development/smartgit/smartgit.SlackBuild
+++ b/development/smartgit/smartgit.SlackBuild
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
 cd $TMP
 tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-generic-$FILE_VERSION.tar.gz
 cd $PRGNAM
-chown -R root.root .
+chown -R root:root .
 find -L . \
  \( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 750 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 \
   -o -perm 511 \) -exec chmod 755 {} \; -o \