diff --git a/sci-libs/gdal/gdal-1.11.0.recipe b/sci-libs/gdal/gdal-1.11.0.recipe
index f0cadafd6..5559659aa 100644
--- a/sci-libs/gdal/gdal-1.11.0.recipe
+++ b/sci-libs/gdal/gdal-1.11.0.recipe
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
 
 BUILD()
 {
-	expatDir=$portPackageLinks/lib~libexpat
+	expatDir=$portPackageLinksDir/lib~libexpat
 	autoreconf -fi
 	runConfigure ./configure --with-expat=$expatDir
 	make $jobArgs