diff --git a/scripts/package/Makefile b/scripts/package/Makefile
index 9ed96aefc72da9fcbe1f476727feea423aa23802..c30bcf8e934a432601cceaed65caad7481ac9e45 100644
--- a/scripts/package/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/package/Makefile
@@ -39,10 +39,9 @@ if test "$(objtree)" != "$(srctree)"; then \
 	false; \
 fi ; \
 $(srctree)/scripts/setlocalversion --save-scmversion; \
-ln -sf $(srctree) $(2); \
 tar -cz $(RCS_TAR_IGNORE) -f $(2).tar.gz \
-	$(addprefix $(2)/,$(TAR_CONTENT) $(3)); \
-rm -f $(2) $(objtree)/.scmversion
+	--transform 's:^:$(2)/:S' $(TAR_CONTENT) $(3); \
+rm -f $(objtree)/.scmversion
 
 # rpm-pkg
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------