diff --git a/sit b/sit
index 4eae95a..88c346e 100755
--- a/sit
+++ b/sit
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ WORKDIR=${WORKDIR_BASE}/${CATEGORY}/${PACKAGE}/${VERSION}$PREFIX_SUFFIX
 SRCDIR=${WORKDIR}/${P}
 
 # build directory (should be different from source directory):
-BUILDDIR=${SRCDIR}/build
+BUILDDIR=${WORKDIR}/build
 
 # logfile directory
 LOGDIR=${WORKDIR}