diff --git a/dev-python/babelfont/babelfont-3.0.0_alpha8.ebuild b/dev-python/babelfont/babelfont-3.0.0_alpha8.ebuild
index 26e900d9a1..69f0703731 100644
--- a/dev-python/babelfont/babelfont-3.0.0_alpha8.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/babelfont/babelfont-3.0.0_alpha8.ebuild
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ inherit distutils-r1
 DESCRIPTION="Interrogate and manipulate UFO, TTF and OTF fonts with a common interface"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/simoncozens/babelfont"
 SRC_URI="mirror://pypi/${PN:0:1}/${PN}/${MYP}.tar.gz"
+S="${WORKDIR}/${MYP}"
 
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
 LICENSE="MIT"