diff --git a/meta/classes/sbuild.bbclass b/meta/classes/sbuild.bbclass
index a29b745..ad9f72f 100644
--- a/meta/classes/sbuild.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/sbuild.bbclass
@@ -31,14 +31,19 @@ SCHROOT_CONF_FILE ?= "${SCHROOT_CONF}/chroot.d/${SBUILD_CHROOT}"
 SBUILD_CONFIG="${WORKDIR}/sbuild.conf"
 
 schroot_create_configs() {
+    schroot_dir="${SCHROOT_DIR}"
+    if [ -n "${1}" ]; then
+        schroot_dir="${1}"
+    fi
+
     mkdir -p "${TMPDIR}/schroot-overlay"
-    sudo -s <<'EOSUDO'
+    schroot_dir="${schroot_dir}" sudo --preserve-env=schroot_dir -s <<'EOSUDO'
         set -e
 
         cat << EOF > "${SCHROOT_CONF_FILE}"
 [${SBUILD_CHROOT}]
 type=directory
-directory=${SCHROOT_DIR}
+directory=${schroot_dir}
 profile=${SBUILD_CHROOT}
 users=${SCHROOT_USER}
 groups=root,sbuild