diff --git a/sci-libs/gdal/gdal1-1.11.5.recipe b/sci-libs/gdal/gdal1-1.11.5.recipe
index d93500a58..f216d7303 100644
--- a/sci-libs/gdal/gdal1-1.11.5.recipe
+++ b/sci-libs/gdal/gdal1-1.11.5.recipe
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ LICENSE="MIT"
 REVISION="2"
 SOURCE_URI="http://download.osgeo.org/gdal/$portVersion/gdal-$portVersion.tar.xz"
 CHECKSUM_SHA256="d4fdc3e987b9926545f0a514b4328cd733f2208442f8d03bde630fe1f7eff042"
+SOURCE_DIR="gdal-$portVersion"
 PATCHES="gdal1-$portVersion.patchset"
 
 ARCHITECTURES="!x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64"