diff --git a/srcpkgs/ipe/template b/srcpkgs/ipe/template
index 514a9f404f5..9f9428f870a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ipe/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ipe/template
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ pkgname=ipe
 version=7.2.26
 revision=7
 _tools_commit=v7.2.24.1
+create_wrksrc=yes
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config doxygen qt5-qmake qt5-tools qt5-host-tools"
 makedepends="cairo-devel gsl-devel libcurl-devel libjpeg-turbo-devel
  libspiro-devel lua53-devel poppler-devel qt5-devel qtspell-devel"
@@ -18,7 +19,8 @@ checksum="e49d0057913a4a516b2017f00d9adb267903528559d1f0c7ebaf6cd914350aa5
 nocross="something with gsl"
 
 post_extract() {
-	mv $XBPS_BUILDDIR/ipe-tools* ipe-tools
+	mv ipe-$version/* .
+	mv ipe-tools-* ipe-tools
 
 	vsed -i 's/xlocale.h/locale.h/g' src/ipelib/ipeplatform.cpp
 	vsed -i '/cstdio/i#include <sys/types.h>' src/include/ipebase.h