diff --git a/sys-kernel/installkernel/installkernel-64.ebuild b/sys-kernel/installkernel/installkernel-64.ebuild
index 00f376960b699..b99345afe9dcf 100644
--- a/sys-kernel/installkernel/installkernel-64.ebuild
+++ b/sys-kernel/installkernel/installkernel-64.ebuild
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ if [[ ${PV} == 9999 ]]; then
 	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/projg2/installkernel-gentoo.git"
 else
 	SRC_URI="https://github.com/projg2/installkernel-gentoo/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+	S="${WORKDIR}/${PN}-gentoo-${PV}"
 	KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux"
 fi
 
diff --git a/sys-kernel/installkernel/installkernel-9999.ebuild b/sys-kernel/installkernel/installkernel-9999.ebuild
index 00f376960b699..b99345afe9dcf 100644
--- a/sys-kernel/installkernel/installkernel-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sys-kernel/installkernel/installkernel-9999.ebuild
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ if [[ ${PV} == 9999 ]]; then
 	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/projg2/installkernel-gentoo.git"
 else
 	SRC_URI="https://github.com/projg2/installkernel-gentoo/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+	S="${WORKDIR}/${PN}-gentoo-${PV}"
 	KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux"
 fi