diff --git a/hts-sys/Cargo.toml b/hts-sys/Cargo.toml
index 296a916df..3e561d1f5 100644
--- a/hts-sys/Cargo.toml
+++ b/hts-sys/Cargo.toml
@@ -35,4 +35,5 @@ static = []
 fs-utils = "1.1"
 bindgen = { version = "0.53.2", default-features = false, features = ["runtime"] }
 cc = "1.0"
-glob = "0.3.0"
\ No newline at end of file
+glob = "0.3.0"
+dirs = "1.0.2"
diff --git a/hts-sys/build.rs b/hts-sys/build.rs
index 66f745c6c..4b4df7ade 100644
--- a/hts-sys/build.rs
+++ b/hts-sys/build.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 use fs_utils::copy::copy_directory;
 use glob::glob;
 
+use ::dirs::home_dir;
+
 use std::env;
 use std::fs;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
@@ -86,8 +88,8 @@ fn main() {
         .current_dir(out.join("htslib"))
         .arg("clean")
         .status().unwrap().success()
-    
-        &&
+
+        &&    
 
         !Command::new("autoreconf")
         .current_dir(out.join("htslib"))
@@ -99,7 +101,8 @@ fn main() {
         !Command::new("./configure")
         .current_dir(out.join("htslib"))
         .env("CFLAGS", &cc_cflags)
-        .arg(format!("--host={}", &host))
+        .arg(format!("--host={}", &host)) 
+        .arg(format!("--prefix={}/local", home_dir().unwrap().into_os_string().into_string().unwrap()))
         .status().unwrap().success()
     {
         panic!("could not configure htslib nor any of its plugins")