diff --git a/packaging/gentoo/current_stable.ebuild b/packaging/gentoo/current_stable.ebuild
index 7a27feb0..7986c092 100644
--- a/packaging/gentoo/current_stable.ebuild
+++ b/packaging/gentoo/current_stable.ebuild
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ src_install() {
 	make_desktop_entry ${PN}
 
 	prepgamesdirs
-	fperms +x "${GAMES_DATADIR}"/${PN}/pyfpdb/*.pyw
+	chmod +x ${D}/"${GAMES_DATADIR}"/${PN}/pyfpdb/*.pyw
 }
 
 pkg_postinst() {
diff --git a/packaging/gentoo/current_testing.ebuild b/packaging/gentoo/current_testing.ebuild
index 05483b62..b5583fa7 100644
--- a/packaging/gentoo/current_testing.ebuild
+++ b/packaging/gentoo/current_testing.ebuild
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ src_install() {
 	make_desktop_entry ${PN}
 
 	prepgamesdirs
-	fperms +x "${GAMES_DATADIR}"/${PN}/pyfpdb/*.pyw
+	chmod +x ${D}/"${GAMES_DATADIR}"/${PN}/pyfpdb/*.pyw
 }
 
 pkg_postinst() {