--- /home/junghans/Gentoo/usr/portage/dev-util/debhelper/debhelper-9.20120608.ebuild	2012-08-08 14:09:53.000000000 -0600
+++ debhelper-9.20120608.ebuild	2012-08-24 13:28:08.616865000 -0600
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 
 src_prepare() {
 	epatch "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-7.4.13-conditional-nls.patch
+	sed -i "s:/usr/:${EPREFIX}&:" Makefile || die
 }
 
 src_compile() {