diff --git a/vendor/mklibs b/vendor/mklibs
index b248cdbe2..7830efc97 100755
--- a/vendor/mklibs
+++ b/vendor/mklibs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/csh -f
 
-set p = `pwd`
+set p = `cd ..; pwd`
 set top = $p:h
 
 setenv CC 	"gcc"