diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 4a7c127..37060ae 100644
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/make -f
 
-export DESTDIR = ../debian/tmp
+export DESTDIR = $(CURDIR)/debian/tmp
 
 %:
 	dh $@