diff --git a/repos/base/lib/mk/ldso-startup.mk b/repos/base/lib/mk/ldso-startup.mk
index 8050480e33..e0968d7dcb 100644
--- a/repos/base/lib/mk/ldso-startup.mk
+++ b/repos/base/lib/mk/ldso-startup.mk
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 SRC_CC  += startup.cc
 
-vpath startup.cc $(REP_DIR)/src/lib/ldso/startup
+vpath startup.cc $(BASE_DIR)/src/lib/ldso/startup