diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index b2fce4ae0..04e1c8e53 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ regress-binaries: regress/modpipe$(EXEEXT) \
 	regress/unittests/utf8/test_utf8$(EXEEXT) \
 	regress/misc/kexfuzz/kexfuzz$(EXEEXT)
 
-REGRESSTMP = "$(CURDIR)/regress"
+REGRESSTMP = "$(PWD)/regress"
 
 tests interop-tests t-exec unit: regress-prep regress-binaries $(TARGETS)
 	BUILDDIR=`pwd`; \