diff --git a/libxcrypt.spec b/libxcrypt.spec
index 23adcce..5a21532 100644
--- a/libxcrypt.spec
+++ b/libxcrypt.spec
@@ -99,7 +99,8 @@
 
 
 # Needed for out-of-tree builds.
-%global _configure ../"configure"
+%global src_topleveldir %{_builddir}/%{name}-%{version}
+%global _configure      "%{src_topleveldir}/configure"
 
 
 # Common configure options.
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@
 %else                                      \
   --disable-valgrind                       \\\
 %endif                                     \
-  --srcdir=..                              \\\
+  --srcdir=%{src_topleveldir}              \\\
   --with-pkgconfigdir=%{_libdir}/pkgconfig
 
 
@@ -467,6 +468,7 @@ done
 - Add Recommends: whois-mkpasswd for Fedora
 - Optimize installation of the documentation files
 - Fix %%description
+- Use an absolute path for the configure script and srcdir
 
 * Tue Feb 19 2019 Björn Esser <besser82@fedoraproject.org> - 4.4.3-7
 - Add patch to fix the output formatting of a test