diff --git a/confluent_vtbufferd/buildrpm b/confluent_vtbufferd/buildrpm
index 89175fad..c9dbd8a4 100755
--- a/confluent_vtbufferd/buildrpm
+++ b/confluent_vtbufferd/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