diff --git a/share/i18n/esdb/BIG5/Makefile b/share/i18n/esdb/BIG5/Makefile
index f7b1512893f4..ac95f60e99e7 100644
--- a/share/i18n/esdb/BIG5/Makefile
+++ b/share/i18n/esdb/BIG5/Makefile
@@ -1,22 +1,22 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 # $NetBSD: Makefile.inc,v 1.3 2008/10/25 22:35:36 apb Exp $
 
 CODE=	Big5
 ESUBDIR= BIG5
 NO_PREPROC= yes
 
 .include "../Makefile.part"
 
 .for i in ${PART:S/:/@/}
 Big5_$i_variable!= sed \
 	'/^\#/d;/^ *$$/d;/^${i:S/@/:/}[ 	]/!d;s/^[^ 	]*[ 	]*//' \
 	${.CURDIR}/Big5.variable
 .endfor
 .for i in ${PART}
 # XXX: FIXME
 Big5-${i:S/:/@/}.src: Big5.src Big5.variable
 	sed -e 's/encoding/Big5-$i/' \
-		-e 's/variable/${Big5_$i_variable}/' \
+		-e 's/variable/${Big5_${i:S/@/:/}_variable}/' \
 		${.CURDIR}/Big5.src > $@
 	@echo ${.TARGET} >>.tmpfiles
 .endfor