diff --git a/srcpkgs/schroot/template b/srcpkgs/schroot/template
index 1a6dfe8ef1a..cd011b5043b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/schroot/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/schroot/template
@@ -55,10 +55,12 @@ checksum="
  3ce8dfd9cb97b099e4b6d4ccec421d6cc8c9ef84574681e928a12badb5643d0b
  7bd4e0c2709979362c86a86c10d2b23d290d26e1a2d301a602e829327f483ec1"
 nocross=yes
+skip_extraction="schroot_${version}-${_debian_version}.debian.tar.xz"
 
-pre_configure() {
-	cat ../debian/patches/series | while read p; do
-		patch -p1 -i ../debian/patches/$p
+post_extract() {
+	bsdtar -xf $XBPS_SRCDISTDIR/schroot-${version}/$skip_extraction
+	cat debian/patches/series | while read p; do
+		patch -Np1 -F0 -i debian/patches/$p
 	done
 }