diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 1965402..c85fe4e 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ source=("git+${url}")
 md5sums=('SKIP')
 
 pkgver() {
-	cd ${srcdir}/${pkgname}
-	printf "r%s.%s" "$(git rev-list --count HEAD)" "$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"
+	printf "r%s.%s" "$(git -C ${srcdir}/${pkgname} rev-list --count HEAD)" "$(git -C ${srcdir}/${pkgname} rev-parse --short HEAD)"
 }
 
 package() {