diff --git a/xbps-src b/xbps-src
index e2a5a3d547a..a673c917d81 100755
--- a/xbps-src
+++ b/xbps-src
@@ -514,6 +514,7 @@ if [ -n "$IN_CHROOT" ]; then
     readonly XBPS_CROSSPFDIR=$XBPS_COMMONDIR/cross-profiles
     readonly XBPS_BUILDSTYLEDIR=$XBPS_COMMONDIR/build-style
     readonly XBPS_LIBEXECDIR=$XBPS_COMMONDIR/xbps-src/libexec
+    readonly XBPS_BUILDHELPERDIR=$XBPS_COMMONDIR/build-helper
 else
     readonly XBPS_UHELPER_CMD="xbps-uhelper -r $XBPS_MASTERDIR"
     readonly XBPS_INSTALL_CMD="xbps-install -C /dev/null -c $XBPS_HOSTDIR/repocache --repository=$XBPS_REPOSITORY -r $XBPS_MASTERDIR"
@@ -530,6 +531,7 @@ else
     readonly XBPS_CROSSPFDIR=$XBPS_COMMONDIR/cross-profiles
     readonly XBPS_BUILDSTYLEDIR=$XBPS_COMMONDIR/build-style
     readonly XBPS_LIBEXECDIR=$XBPS_COMMONDIR/xbps-src/libexec
+    readonly XBPS_BUILDHELPERDIR=$XBPS_COMMONDIR/build-helper
 fi
 readonly XBPS_FETCH_CMD="xbps-uhelper fetch"
 readonly XBPS_DIGEST_CMD="xbps-uhelper digest"
@@ -581,7 +583,7 @@ export XBPS_SHUTILSDIR XBPS_CROSSPFDIR XBPS_TRIGGERSDIR \
     XBPS_KEEP_ALL XBPS_HOSTDIR XBPS_MASTERDIR XBPS_SRC_VERSION \
     XBPS_DESTDIR XBPS_MACHINE XBPS_TEMP_MASTERDIR XBPS_BINPKG_EXISTS \
     XBPS_LIBEXECDIR XBPS_DISTDIR XBPS_DISTFILES_MIRROR XBPS_ALLOW_RESTRICTED \
-    XBPS_USE_GIT_COMMIT_DATE XBPS_PKG_COMPTYPE
+    XBPS_USE_GIT_COMMIT_DATE XBPS_PKG_COMPTYPE XBPS_BUILDHELPERDIR
 
 for i in REPOSITORY DESTDIR BUILDDIR SRCDISTDIR; do
     eval val="\$XBPS_$i"