diff --git a/newapkbuild.in b/newapkbuild.in
index ee392e6b73c7727da617abb1cedfecb18124a1ad..474d5bbf394b8311a177c6c1ecd29d28fc9dc3da 100755
--- a/newapkbuild.in
+++ b/newapkbuild.in
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ __EOF__
 	# create package() function
 	cat >>APKBUILD<<__EOF__
 package() {
+	cd "\$_builddir"
 	make DESTDIR="\$pkgdir" install || return 1
 __EOF__
 	if [ -n "$cpinitd" ]; then