diff --git a/multimedia/dirac/dirac.SlackBuild b/multimedia/dirac/dirac.SlackBuild
index 0af0391e78..5c959e9a21 100644
--- a/multimedia/dirac/dirac.SlackBuild
+++ b/multimedia/dirac/dirac.SlackBuild
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ 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 \