diff --git a/test/pacman/pmpkg.py b/test/pacman/pmpkg.py
index 48d79a3..3095864 100755
--- a/test/pacman/pmpkg.py
+++ b/test/pacman/pmpkg.py
@@ -168,9 +168,9 @@ def makepkg(self, path):
         # package files
         for root, dirs, files in os.walk('.'):
             for d in dirs:
-                tar.add(os.path.join(root, d), recursive=False)
+                tar.add(os.path.join(root[2:], d), recursive=False)
             for f in files:
-                tar.add(os.path.join(root, f))
+                tar.add(os.path.join(root[2:], f))
 
         tar.close()