diff --git a/system/fsarchiver/fsarchiver.SlackBuild b/system/fsarchiver/fsarchiver.SlackBuild
index 83e8256904..fed2cb5719 100644
--- a/system/fsarchiver/fsarchiver.SlackBuild
+++ b/system/fsarchiver/fsarchiver.SlackBuild
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
 cd $TMP
 tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.gz
 cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
-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 \