diff --git a/abuild.in b/abuild.in
index 0878404..07dc4ea 100755
--- a/abuild.in
+++ b/abuild.in
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ sysconfdir=@sysconfdir@
 
 startdir="$PWD"
 srcdir=${srcdir:-"$startdir/src"}
-pkgdirbase=${pkgdirbase:-"$startdir/pkg"}
+pkgbasedir=${pkgbasedir:-"$startdir/pkg"}
 pkgrel=0
 repo=${startdir%/*}
 repo=${repo##*/}
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ unpack() {
 clean() {
 	msg "Cleaning temporary build dirs..."
 	rm -rf "$srcdir"
-	rm -rf "$pkgdirbase"
+	rm -rf "$pkgbasedir"
 }
 
 # cleanup fetched sources
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ prepare_subpackages() {
 		local func=$(get_split_func $i)
 		# call abuild recursively, setting subpkg{dir,name}
 		msg "Running split function $func..."
-		subpkgdir="$pkgdirbase/${i%:*}" subpkgname="${i%:*}" \
+		subpkgdir="$pkgbasedir/${i%:*}" subpkgname="${i%:*}" \
 			$0 $func prepare_package || return 1
 	done
 }
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ pkginfo_val() {
 
 create_apks() {
 	local file
-	for file in "$pkgdirbase"/*/.PKGINFO; do
+	for file in "$pkgbasedir"/*/.PKGINFO; do
 		local dir="${file%/.PKGINFO}"
 		local name=$(pkginfo_val pkgname $file)
 		local ver=$(pkginfo_val pkgver $file)
@@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ if [ -n "$subpkgname" ]; then
 	subpackages=
 	install=
 fi
-pkgdir="${pkgdirbase}/$pkgname"
+pkgdir="$pkgbasedir/$pkgname"
 
 trap 'die "Aborted by user"' INT
 set_xterm_title "abuild: $pkgname"