diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 744cae4452..f6e02bc29d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ STAMP_DIR:=$(BASE_DIR)/stamps
 BINARIES_DIR:=$(BASE_DIR)/images
 TARGET_DIR:=$(BASE_DIR)/target
 TOOLCHAIN_DIR=$(BASE_DIR)/toolchain
-TARGET_SKELETON=$(BASE_DIR)/fs/skeleton
+TARGET_SKELETON=$(TOPDIR)/fs/skeleton
 
 BR2_DEPENDS_DIR=$(BUILD_DIR)/buildroot-config