diff --git a/gnu/packages/guile.scm b/gnu/packages/guile.scm
index 772776349ef2dc7866466ff78a65ee2df56b130d..7d97adbe994c4a85359e51beeef9e0e95c791cc6 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/guile.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/guile.scm
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ (define-public guile-ncurses
     (arguments
      '(#:configure-flags (list (string-append "--with-guilesitedir="
                                               (assoc-ref %outputs "out")
-                                              "/share/guile/site"))
+                                              "/share/guile/site/2.0"))
        #:phases (alist-cons-after
                  'install 'post-install
                  (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)