diff --git a/tools/linux_packaging/build b/tools/linux_packaging/build
index 2d7d8208ba..c0503988af 100755
--- a/tools/linux_packaging/build
+++ b/tools/linux_packaging/build
@@ -400,14 +400,14 @@ if test x$WITH_LADSPA != x ; then
 fi
 
 # XXX STILL NEED TO DO PANNERS FOR TRUNK
-cp ../../libs/surfaces/*/libardour_*.so* $Surfaces
+cp $BUILD_ROOT/libs/surfaces/*/libardour_*.so* $Surfaces
 # hack ... move libardour_cp back into Libraries
 mv $Surfaces/libardour_cp.so* $Libraries
 
 # VAMP plugins that we use
-cp ../../libs/vamp-plugins/libardourvampplugins.so* $Libraries
+cp $BUILD_ROOT/libs/vamp-plugins/libardourvampplugins.so* $Libraries
 
-OURLIBDIR=../../libs
+OURLIBDIR=$BUILD_ROOT/libs
 OURLIBS=$OURLIBDIR/vamp-sdk:$OURLIBDIR/surfaces/control_protocol:$OURLIBDIR/ardour:$OURLIBDIR/midi++2:$OURLIBDIR/pbd:$OURLIBDIR/rubberband:$OURLIBDIR/soundtouch:$OURLIBDIR/gtkmm2ext:$OURLIBDIR/sigc++2:$OURLIBDIR/glibmm2:$OURLIBDIR/gtkmm2/atk:$OURLIBDIR/gtkmm2/pango:$OURLIBDIR/gtkmm2/gdk:$OURLIBDIR/gtkmm2/gtk:$OURLIBDIR/libgnomecanvasmm:$OURLIBDIR/libsndfile
 
 echo $OURLIBS${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
@@ -467,8 +467,8 @@ while [ true ] ; do
 			if ! test -f $Libraries/$base; then
 				parent=$(basename ${file})
 				if echo $dep | grep -sq '^libs' ; then
-					echo "Copying dependant lib ../../$dep    (required by ${parent})"
-					cp ../../$dep $Libraries
+					echo "Copying dependant lib $BUILD_ROOT/$dep    (required by ${parent})"
+					cp $BUILD_ROOT/$dep $Libraries
 				else
 					echo "Copying dependant lib $dep    (required by ${parent})"
 					cp $dep $Libraries