diff --git a/share/s390.tmpl b/share/s390.tmpl
index 8ab4621c..e19938a9 100644
--- a/share/s390.tmpl
+++ b/share/s390.tmpl
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ treeinfo images-${basearch} initrd.addrsize ${BOOTDIR}/initrd_addrsize
 treeinfo images-${basearch} generic.prm ${BOOTDIR}/generic.prm
 treeinfo images-${basearch} generic.ins generic.ins
 
-runcmd ${MKCDBOOT} -i ${kernel.path} -r ${kernel.initrd.path} \
+runcmd ${MKCDBOOT} \
+       -i ${outroot}/${kernel.path} \
+       -r ${outroot}/${kernel.initrd.path} \
        -p ${outroot}/${BOOTDIR}/generic.prm \
        -o ${outroot}/${BOOTDIR}/cdboot.img