diff --git a/perl/perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-Bignum/perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-Bignum.SlackBuild b/perl/perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-Bignum/perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-Bignum.SlackBuild
index aa3c36cb70..b15c180415 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-Bignum/perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-Bignum.SlackBuild
+++ b/perl/perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-Bignum/perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-Bignum.SlackBuild
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
 cd $TMP
 tar xvf $CWD/$SRCNAM-$VERSION.tar.gz
 cd $TMP/$SRCNAM-$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 \