diff --git a/srcpkgs/prometheus-cpp/template b/srcpkgs/prometheus-cpp/template
index cf7cae7d3bf..3012d53ef47 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/prometheus-cpp/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/prometheus-cpp/template
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ revision=1
 _hash_client_model=fa8ad6fec33561be4280a8f0514318c79d7f6cb6
 _hash_googletest=ec44c6c1675c25b9827aacd08c02433cccde7780
 _hash_civetweb=fbdee7440be24f904208c15a1fc9e2582b866049
+create_wrksrc=yes
 build_style=cmake
 hostmakedepends="telegraf protobuf"
 makedepends="protobuf-devel libatomic-devel"
@@ -21,10 +22,14 @@ checksum="d5ea6dffca5185fb30b9b643343f2ab1d6113672d7aec3e75e0cfa757f50ea25
  175a22300b3450e27e5f2e6f95cc9abca74617cbc21a1e0ed19bdfbd22ea0305
  d29d75de6645bd67452df27cda2e4a09848161f9ecacc62b1c1818d0a701cff9"
 
+post_extract() {
+	mv prometheus-cpp-$version/* .
+	mv civetweb-${_hash_civetweb}/* 3rdparty/civetweb
+	mv googletest-${_hash_googletest}/* 3rdparty/googletest
+	mv client_model-${_hash_client_model}/* 3rdparty/prometheus_client_model
+}
+
 pre_configure() {
-	mv ../civetweb-${_hash_civetweb}/* ./3rdparty/civetweb
-	mv ../googletest-${_hash_googletest}/* ./3rdparty/googletest
-	mv ../client_model-${_hash_client_model}/* ./3rdparty/prometheus_client_model
 	case "${XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE}" in
 		armv[56]*) sed -i lib/CMakeLists.txt \
 			-e "/target_link_libraries/s;); atomic);"