diff --git a/gnu/packages/games.scm b/gnu/packages/games.scm
index aad5c0f380206e77ccf6c3515af0ebdce54d3fe9..a97c88c9f36d06c328bbd68092b2e1464aabf45b 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/games.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/games.scm
@@ -1445,6 +1445,7 @@ (define freedink-data
          (delete 'configure)            ; no configure script
          (delete 'check))               ; no tests
        #:make-flags (list (string-append "PREFIX=" (assoc-ref %outputs "out")))))
+    (properties '((ftp-directory . "/freedink")))
     (home-page "https://www.gnu.org/software/freedink/")
     (synopsis "Game data for GNU Freedink")
     (description