diff --git a/openwrt/scripts/make-ipkg-dir.sh b/openwrt/scripts/make-ipkg-dir.sh
index 56740676a9..b43edc37c0 100755
--- a/openwrt/scripts/make-ipkg-dir.sh
+++ b/openwrt/scripts/make-ipkg-dir.sh
@@ -5,12 +5,14 @@ CONTROL=$2
 VERSION=$3
 ARCH=$4
 
+WD=$(pwd)
+
 mkdir -p "$TARGET/CONTROL"
 grep '^[^(Version|Architecture)]' "$CONTROL" > "$TARGET/CONTROL/control"
 grep '^Maintainer' "$CONTROL" 2>&1 >/dev/null || \
         echo "Maintainer: OpenWrt Developers Team <openwrt-devel@openwrt.org>" >> "$TARGET/CONTROL/control"
 grep '^Source' "$CONTROL" 2>&1 >/dev/null || {
-        pkgbase=$(pwd | sed -e "s|^$TOPDIR/||g")
+        pkgbase=$(echo "$WD)" | sed -e "s|^$TOPDIR/||g")
         [ "$pkgbase" = "$WD" ] && src="N/A" || src="$BASE/$pkgbase"
         echo "Source: $src" >> "$TARGET/CONTROL/control"
 }