diff --git a/codepot/docker/Makefile.am b/codepot/docker/Makefile.am
index e3c129cd..da63345b 100644
--- a/codepot/docker/Makefile.am
+++ b/codepot/docker/Makefile.am
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@ all:
 	@echo "Choose one of the following targets:"
 	@echo "  rocky84 ubnt2004"
 
-ubnt2004: codepot-@VERSION@.tar.gz
-	docker build -t codepot:ubnt20.04 -f Dockerfile.ubnt2004 @srcdir@
+ubnt2004: @srcdir@/codepot-@VERSION@.tar.gz
+	docker build -t codepot:ubnt20.04 -f @srcdir/Dockerfile.ubnt2004 @srcdir@
 
-rocky84: codepot-@VERSION@.tar.gz
-	docker build -t codepot:rocky8.4 -f Dockerfile.rocky84 @srcdir@
+rocky84: @srcdir@/codepot-@VERSION@.tar.gz
+	docker build -t codepot:rocky8.4 -f @srcdir@/Dockerfile.rocky84 @srcdir@
 
-codepot-@VERSION@.tar.gz:
+@srcdir@/codepot-@VERSION@.tar.gz:
 	cd .. && make dist
-	cp ../codepot-@VERSION@.tar.gz  .
+	cp ../codepot-@VERSION@.tar.gz  @srcdir@/
 
diff --git a/codepot/docker/Makefile.in b/codepot/docker/Makefile.in
index 0c66342e..0e1bece6 100644
--- a/codepot/docker/Makefile.in
+++ b/codepot/docker/Makefile.in
@@ -411,15 +411,15 @@ all:
 	@echo "Choose one of the following targets:"
 	@echo "  rocky84 ubnt2004"
 
-ubnt2004: codepot-@VERSION@.tar.gz
-	docker build -t codepot:ubnt20.04 -f Dockerfile.ubnt2004 @srcdir@
+ubnt2004: @srcdir@/codepot-@VERSION@.tar.gz
+	docker build -t codepot:ubnt20.04 -f @srcdir/Dockerfile.ubnt2004 @srcdir@
 
-rocky84: codepot-@VERSION@.tar.gz
-	docker build -t codepot:rocky8.4 -f Dockerfile.rocky84 @srcdir@
+rocky84: @srcdir@/codepot-@VERSION@.tar.gz
+	docker build -t codepot:rocky8.4 -f @srcdir@/Dockerfile.rocky84 @srcdir@
 
-codepot-@VERSION@.tar.gz:
+@srcdir@/codepot-@VERSION@.tar.gz:
 	cd .. && make dist
-	cp ../codepot-@VERSION@.tar.gz  .
+	cp ../codepot-@VERSION@.tar.gz  @srcdir@/
 
 # Tell versions [3.59,3.63) of GNU make to not export all variables.
 # Otherwise a system limit (for SysV at least) may be exceeded.