diff --git a/buildscripts/icecc_create_env b/buildscripts/icecc_create_env
index c0ccb021d06..501a90b40ae 100755
--- a/buildscripts/icecc_create_env
+++ b/buildscripts/icecc_create_env
@@ -418,8 +418,9 @@ if [ -n "$out_file" ]; then
 fi
 
 echo "creating $md5.tar.gz"
+mydir=`pwd`
 pushd $tempdir > /dev/null
-tar -czh --numeric-owner -f "$md5".tar.gz $target_files || {
+tar -czh --numeric-owner -f "$mydir/$md5".tar.gz $target_files || {
   echo "Couldn't create archive"
   exit 3
 }