diff --git a/newapkbuild.in b/newapkbuild.in
index 342123f4836e4b3f989ab37f2f18ba806c789a19..8cbd8625f3db69bc155c91f9625eb040f1f1873c 100644
--- a/newapkbuild.in
+++ b/newapkbuild.in
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ build_meson() {
 
 	cat >>APKBUILD<<__EOF__
 	abuild-meson \\
-		. output
+		output .
 	meson compile -C output
 __EOF__
 }