1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/makechrootpkg b/makechrootpkg
index 1a6d8e5..a60c9fe 100755
--- a/makechrootpkg
+++ b/makechrootpkg
@@ -74,8 +74,12 @@ done
 # Canonicalize chrootdir, getting rid of trailing /
 chrootdir=$(readlink -e "$chrootdir")
 
-[[ -z $copy ]] && copy=$default_copy
-copydir="$chrootdir/$copy"
+if [[ ${copy:0:1} = "/" ]]; then
+	copydir=$copy
+else
+	[[ -z $copy ]] && copy=$default_copy
+	copydir="$chrootdir/$copy"
+fi
 
 # Pass all arguments after -- right to makepkg
 MAKEPKG_ARGS="$MAKEPKG_ARGS ${*:$OPTIND}"