diff --git a/mingw-w64-ragel/PKGBUILD b/mingw-w64-ragel/PKGBUILD
index 2109963367..df3dbdde4a 100644
--- a/mingw-w64-ragel/PKGBUILD
+++ b/mingw-w64-ragel/PKGBUILD
@@ -14,18 +14,21 @@ source=("http://www.colm.net/files/${_realname}/${_realname}-$pkgver.tar.gz")
 md5sums=('0c3110d7f17f7af4d9cb774443898dc1')
 
 build() {
-  cd "$srcdir/${_realname}-$pkgver"
+  [[ -d "build-${MINGW_CHOST}" ]] && rm -rf "build-${MINGW_CHOST}"
+  mkdir -p "build-${MINGW_CHOST}"
+  cd "build-${MINGW_CHOST}"
 
-  ./configure \
+  ../${_realname}-${pkgver}/configure \
     --prefix=${MINGW_PREFIX} \
     --build=${MINGW_CHOST} \
     --host=${MINGW_CHOST}
+
   make
 }
 
 package() {
-  cd "$srcdir/${_realname}-$pkgver"
+  cd "$srcdir/build-${MINGW_CHOST}"
 
-  make DESTDIR="$pkgdir/" install
-  install -m0644 -D ragel.vim "$pkgdir"${MINGW_PREFIX}/share/vim/vimfiles/syntax/ragel.vim
+  make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install
+  install -m0644 -D ${srcdir}/${_realname}-${pkgver}/ragel.vim "$pkgdir"${MINGW_PREFIX}/share/vim/vimfiles/syntax/ragel.vim
 }