diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3d688f7..e1d4c8e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ LINUX_HEADERS_SITE = http://ftp.barfooze.de/pub/sabotage/tarballs/
 
 DL_CMD = wget -c -O
 
-COWPATCH = $(PWD)/cowpatch.sh
+COWPATCH = $(CURDIR)/cowpatch.sh
 
 HOST = $(if $(NATIVE),$(TARGET))
 BUILD_DIR = build/$(if $(HOST),$(HOST),local)/$(TARGET)