diff --git a/packaging/deb/rules b/packaging/deb/rules
index 6d199a0763..c321b65aa5 100755
--- a/packaging/deb/rules
+++ b/packaging/deb/rules
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ override_dh_auto_configure:
 override_dh_auto_build:
 ifeq ($(ARCH),ppc64le)
 	bundle config set --global force_ruby_platform true
-	bundle config build.nokogiri --use-system-libraries
+	bundle config --global build.nokogiri --use-system-libraries
 endif
 	BUNDLE_WITHOUT='test package' bundle install
 	rake --trace -mj$(NCPUS) build