diff --git a/common/hooks/do-pkg/00-gen-pkg.sh b/common/hooks/do-pkg/00-gen-pkg.sh
index 6749b7a9b34..3ace80fedcf 100644
--- a/common/hooks/do-pkg/00-gen-pkg.sh
+++ b/common/hooks/do-pkg/00-gen-pkg.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 # This hook generates a XBPS binary package from an installed package in destdir.
 
+expand_dstdir() {
+	local glob_list= result= glob= file=
+
+	for glob; do
+		glob_list+=" $DESTDIR/$glob"
+	done
+	shopt -s extglob
+	for file in $glob_list; do
+		result+=" ${file#$DESTDIR/}"
+	done
+	shopt -u extglob
+}
+
 genpkg() {
 	local pkgdir="$1" arch="$2" desc="$3" pkgver="$4" binpkg="$5"
 	local _preserve _deps _shprovides _shrequires _gitrevs _provides _conflicts
@@ -50,7 +63,7 @@ genpkg() {
 	local _replaces="$(echo $replaces)"
 	local _reverts="$(echo $reverts)"
 	local _mutable_files="$(echo $mutable_files)"
-	local _conf_files="$(echo $conf_files)"
+	local _conf_files="$(expand_dstdir $conf_files)"
 	local _alternatives="$(echo $alternatives)"
 	local _tags="$(echo $tags)"