diff --git a/libretro-build-ios.sh b/libretro-build-ios.sh
index e17eff31..2b53702b 100755
--- a/libretro-build-ios.sh
+++ b/libretro-build-ios.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 set -e
 
+WORKDIR="${PWD}"
 BASE_DIR="$PWD"
 RARCH_DIR=$BASE_DIR/dist
 RARCH_DIST_DIR=$RARCH_DIR/ios