diff --git a/srcpkgs/fossil/template b/srcpkgs/fossil/template
index a3959feb9ad..4ca0086ecef 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/fossil/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/fossil/template
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 pkgname=fossil
 version=1.33
 revision=1
+wrksrc="fossil-src-${version}"
 build_style=configure
 hostmakedepends="tcl"
 makedepends="zlib-devel libressl-devel readline-devel sqlite-devel"