diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/buildchroot/files/deps.sh b/meta/recipes-devtools/buildchroot/files/deps.sh
index 93bc9cf..40d4a1c 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/buildchroot/files/deps.sh
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/buildchroot/files/deps.sh
@@ -34,17 +34,22 @@ if ! grep "^Architecture:" debian/control | grep -qv "all"; then
 fi
 
 # Install all build deps
+srcdir=$(pwd)
+tmpdir=$(mktemp -d)
+cd ${tmpdir}
 if [ "$3" = "--download-only" ]; then
     # this will not return 0 even when it worked
-    mk-build-deps $set_arch -t "${install_cmd}" -i -r debian/control &> \
+    mk-build-deps $set_arch -t "${install_cmd}" -i -r ${srcdir}/debian/control &> \
         mk-build-deps.output || true
     cat mk-build-deps.output
     # we assume success when we find this
     grep "mk-build-deps: Unable to install all build-dep packages" mk-build-deps.output
     rm -f mk-build-deps.output
 else
-    mk-build-deps $set_arch -t "${install_cmd}" -i -r debian/control
+    mk-build-deps $set_arch -t "${install_cmd}" -i -r ${srcdir}/debian/control
 
     # Upgrade any already installed packages in case we are partially rebuilding
     apt-get upgrade -y --allow-downgrades
 fi
+cd ${srcdir}
+rm -rf ${tmpdir}