diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 97ca4e745e..d319525327 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 	Additional fixes and cleanups.
 
-	Updated/fixed packages: alsamixergui, fltk, ncurses
+	Updated/fixed packages: alsamixergui, fltk, ncurses, vim
 
 	Issues resolved (http://bugs.uclibc.org):
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 018cf6ded5..904121e2e4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@
 # Just run 'make menuconfig', configure stuff, then run 'make'.
 # You shouldn't need to mess with anything beyond this point...
 #--------------------------------------------------------------
-TOPDIR:=.
+# absolute path
+TOPDIR:=$(shell pwd)
 CONFIG_CONFIG_IN=Config.in
 CONFIG_DEFCONFIG=.defconfig
 CONFIG=package/config