diff --git a/recipes/timidity/recipe.sh b/recipes/timidity/recipe.sh
index f510cc36f92b76fb90c8a8f9afe7f1437805cde4..6e3b8765d1dda16c98e0e52bcd2d557c3b02a313 100644
--- a/recipes/timidity/recipe.sh
+++ b/recipes/timidity/recipe.sh
@@ -33,5 +33,8 @@ function recipe_stage {
     mkdir -pv "$1/etc/timidity"
     echo "soundfont /share/generaluser-gs/generaluser-gs.sf2" >> "$1/etc/timidity/timidity.cfg"
 
+    mkdir -pv "$1/share/timidity"
+    echo "soundfont /share/generaluser-gs/generaluser-gs.sf2" >> "$1/share/timidity/timidity.cfg"
+
     skip=1
 }