diff --git a/lib/libbegemot/Makefile b/lib/libbegemot/Makefile
index d2783859254d..c5d3bb8badc2 100644
--- a/lib/libbegemot/Makefile
+++ b/lib/libbegemot/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
-LIBBEGEMOT_DIR=${.CURDIR}/../../contrib/libbegemot
+LIBBEGEMOT_DIR=${SRCTOP}/contrib/libbegemot
 
 PACKAGE=lib${LIB}
 .PATH: ${LIBBEGEMOT_DIR}