diff --git a/srcpkgs/libtls/template b/srcpkgs/libtls/template
index 40412b1e785..10a7ec6e8ae 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libtls/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libtls/template
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 pkgname=libtls
 version=3.6.1
 revision=1
+create_wrksrc=yes
+build_wrksrc="libressl-${version}"
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-libtls-only --enable-nc $(vopt_enable asm)"
 hostmakedepends="automake libtool"
@@ -15,6 +17,7 @@ distfiles="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/LibreSSL/libressl-${version}.tar.g
 checksum=acfac61316e93b919c28d62d53037ca734de85c46b4d703f19fd8395cf006774
 _lssl_asm_ver="1.2.0"
 replaces="libtls20>0"
+patch_args="-Np1 --directory=${build_wrksrc}"
 
 build_options="asm"
 desc_option_asm="Use platform assembly for faster crypto"
@@ -35,7 +38,7 @@ esac
 
 post_extract() {
 	[ -z "$build_option_asm" ] && return 0
-	mv ../libressl-portable-asm-${_lssl_asm_ver} .
+	mv libressl-portable-asm-${_lssl_asm_ver} ${build_wrksrc}
 }
 
 pre_configure() {