diff --git a/common/xbps-src/shutils/bulk.sh b/common/xbps-src/shutils/bulk.sh
index e5f3443c010..f19b12f6006 100644
--- a/common/xbps-src/shutils/bulk.sh
+++ b/common/xbps-src/shutils/bulk.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ bulk_sortdeps() {
     # Perform a topological sort of all pkgs but only with build dependencies
     # that are found in previous step.
     for pkg in ${pkgs}; do
-        _pkgs="$(./xbps-src show-build-deps $pkg 2>/dev/null)"
+        _pkgs="$($XBPS_DISTDIR/xbps-src show-build-deps $pkg 2>/dev/null)"
         found=0
         for x in ${_pkgs}; do
             _pkg=$(bulk_getlink $x)