diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/buildrpm b/confluent_osdeploy/buildrpm
index 9e9cb582..4ce30a14 100755
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/buildrpm
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/buildrpm
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+cd $(dirname $0)
 VERSION=`git describe|cut -d- -f 1`
 NUMCOMMITS=`git describe|cut -d- -f 2`
 if [ "$NUMCOMMITS" != "$VERSION"  ]; then
diff --git a/imgutil/buildrpm b/imgutil/buildrpm
index 4439b7ed..b1cad8f2 100755
--- a/imgutil/buildrpm
+++ b/imgutil/buildrpm
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+cd $(dirname $0)
 VERSION=`git describe|cut -d- -f 1`
 NUMCOMMITS=`git describe|cut -d- -f 2`
 if [ "$NUMCOMMITS" != "$VERSION"  ]; then