diff --git a/app-arch/tar/tar-1.25.bep b/app-arch/tar/tar-1.25.bep
index eed5f7d9c..92014b979 100644
--- a/app-arch/tar/tar-1.25.bep
+++ b/app-arch/tar/tar-1.25.bep
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ BUILD {
 		haikuporter -i gnulib
 	fi
 	echo "Copying gnulib to tar work directory..."
-	cp -a `haikuporter -t`/dev-libs/gnulib/work/gnulib-9999 .
+	cp -a `haikuporter -t`/dev-libs/gnulib/work/gnulib-9999/.  .
 	./configure --prefix=/boot/common \
 		LDFLAGS="-lnetwork" \
 		FORCE_UNSAFE_CONFIGURE=1