diff --git a/overlay/usr/local/bin/rpmbuild b/overlay/usr/local/bin/rpmbuild
index df5b6b9..f5f11bf 100755
--- a/overlay/usr/local/bin/rpmbuild
+++ b/overlay/usr/local/bin/rpmbuild
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ mkdir -p "${RPMBUILD_BASE_DIR%/}/dist"
 echo '%_topdir '"${RPMBUILD_BASE_DIR%/}"'/dist' > /root/.rpmmacros
 rpmdev-setuptree
 
-if [ -d "$DIR" ]; then
+if [ -d "${RPMBUILD_BASE_DIR%/}/patch/" ]; then
     rsync -q -av "${RPMBUILD_BASE_DIR%/}/patch/" "${RPMBUILD_BASE_DIR%/}/dist/SOURCES"
 fi