--- make/Makefile.freebsd.orig	2009-06-08 21:07:00.000000000 -0300
+++ make/Makefile.freebsd	2009-06-08 21:08:01.000000000 -0300
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 # defined. In FreeBSD this happens when fasta3 is build from the port or
 # when the user has set these variables -- most notably CC and/or CFLAGS
 # -- in /etc/make.conf
+LOCALBASE?=	/usr/local
 
 # Compiler executable, and optional flags
 CC?=		gcc
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@
 CFLAGS+=	${COMMON_CFLAGS} ${STANDARD_CFLAGS}
 
 BIN = ../bin
-XDIR =		/usr/local/bin
+XDIR?=		${LOCALBASE}/bin
 
 LIB_M+=		-lm