diff --git a/common/xbps-src/shutils/common.sh b/common/xbps-src/shutils/common.sh
index d64307f327a..6f89221f43a 100644
--- a/common/xbps-src/shutils/common.sh
+++ b/common/xbps-src/shutils/common.sh
@@ -394,4 +394,6 @@ setup_pkg() {
         msg_red "$pkgver: cannot be built, it's currently broken; exiting...\n"
         exit 0
     fi
+
+    export XBPS_WRAPPERDIR="${wrksrc}/.xbps/bin"
 }