diff --git a/srcpkgs/php-apcu/template b/srcpkgs/php-apcu/template
index c798d0b1505..e5b6a2490e4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/php-apcu/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/php-apcu/template
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 pkgname=php-apcu
 version=5.1.17
 revision=2
+build_wrksrc=apcu-$version
 build_style=gnu-configure
 make_check_target=test
 hostmakedepends="autoconf pcre2-devel php-devel"