1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/maint.mk b/maint.mk
index d49a0922f3..ed9c1aaf49 100644
--- a/maint.mk
+++ b/maint.mk
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ built_programs = $$(cd src && MAKEFLAGS= $(MAKE) -s built_programs.list)
 
 rel-files = $(DIST_ARCHIVES)
 
-gnulib_dir ?= gnulib
+gnulib_dir ?= $(srcdir)/gnulib
 gnulib-version = $$(cd $(gnulib_dir) && git describe)
 bootstrap-tools ?= autoconf,automake,gnulib