diff --git a/devel/build_chroot b/devel/build_chroot
index 926c74a0cd01431b693a967623b115fc166a0dde..d134a4b75cd1ac3f1edc04c033cc2ef045694525 100755
--- a/devel/build_chroot
+++ b/devel/build_chroot
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 #Configuration
-: ${DATA_DIR=data}
+: ${DATA_DIR=`dirname $0`/data}
 : ${ARCH=amd64}
 : ${DIST_RELEASE=squeeze}
 : ${CONF_DIR:=/etc/schroot/chroot.d}