--- data/Makefile.am.orig	2019-05-09 06:57:21 UTC
+++ data/Makefile.am
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ desktop_files = $(desktop_in_files:.desktop.in=.deskto
 
 $(desktop_files): $(desktop_in_files) Makefile
 	$(AM_V_GEN)$(MSGFMT) --desktop --template $< -d $(top_srcdir)/po -o $@
-	sed -i -e 's|@libexecdir[@]|$(libexecdir)|g' \
+	sed -i '' -e 's|@libexecdir[@]|$(libexecdir)|g' \
 	-e 's|@pkgdatadir[@]|$(pkgdatadir)|g' $@
 
 desktopdir=$(datadir)/applications