diff --git a/hunspell-en.spec b/hunspell-en.spec
index 9579c33..a5a70fb 100644
--- a/hunspell-en.spec
+++ b/hunspell-en.spec
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ UK English hunspell dictionaries
 %patch10 -p1 -b .etc
 
 %build
-make
 export PERL5LIB=`pwd`/scowl/r/varcon${PERL5LIB:+:${PERL5LIB}}
+make
 cd scowl/speller
 make hunspell
 for i in README_en_CA.txt README_en_US.txt; do