diff --git a/lang/ruby32/Makefile b/lang/ruby32/Makefile
index dde7e8ed88de4..8464ce2fcc07d 100644
--- a/lang/ruby32/Makefile
+++ b/lang/ruby32/Makefile
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ CPE_UPDATE=	p${RUBY_PATCHLEVEL}
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
+GNU_CONFIGURE_MANPREFIX=	${PREFIX}/share
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	${RUBY_CONFIGURE_ARGS} \
 		--disable-rpath \
 		--enable-install-static-library \
@@ -171,7 +172,7 @@ post-install:
 # Link "ruby.1.gz" to "ruby31.1.gz", etc.
 #
 . for FILE in ${INSTALLED_MANUALS}
-	${LN} -fs ${FILE}${RUBY_SUFFIX}.1.gz ${STAGEDIR}${MANPREFIX}/man/man1/${FILE}.1.gz
+	${LN} -fs ${FILE}${RUBY_SUFFIX}.1.gz ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/man/man1/${FILE}.1.gz
 . endfor
 .endif
 
diff --git a/lang/ruby32/pkg-plist b/lang/ruby32/pkg-plist
index 813d9e7a5e245..5ca7d9916bfdb 100644
--- a/lang/ruby32/pkg-plist
+++ b/lang/ruby32/pkg-plist
@@ -1046,8 +1046,8 @@ lib/libruby%%RUBY_SHLIBVER%%.so.%%RUBY_SHLIBVER%%
 %%RUBY_LIBDIR%%/yaml/dbm.rb
 %%RUBY_LIBDIR%%/yaml/store.rb
 libdata/pkgconfig/ruby-%%RUBY_VER%%.pc
-%%IF_DEFAULT%%man/man1/ruby.1.gz
-man/man1/ruby%%RUBY_SUFFIX%%.1.gz
+%%IF_DEFAULT%%share/man/man1/ruby.1.gz
+share/man/man1/ruby%%RUBY_SUFFIX%%.1.gz
 %%DOCS%%%%RUBY_DOCDIR%%/COPYING
 %%DOCS%%%%RUBY_DOCDIR%%/COPYING.ja
 %%DOCS%%%%RUBY_DOCDIR%%/ChangeLog