diff --git a/packaging/windows/mxe-based-build.sh b/packaging/windows/mxe-based-build.sh
index 7f4c809b2..8eba7dd42 100755
--- a/packaging/windows/mxe-based-build.sh
+++ b/packaging/windows/mxe-based-build.sh
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ if [ "$MXEBUILDTYPE" = "x86_64-w64-mingw32.shared" ] ; then
 			--host="$MXEBUILDTYPE" \
 			--enable-shared \
 			--prefix="$BASEDIR"/"$MXEDIR"/usr/"$MXEBUILDTYPE"
+		cd src
 		make $JOBS
 		make install
 	fi