diff --git a/scripts/makepkg.sh.in b/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
index da68dc74..f30156a9 100644
--- a/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
+++ b/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ extract_git() {
 			exit 1
 		fi
 		cd_safe "$srcdir"
-	elif ! git clone "$dir"; then
+	elif ! git clone "$dir" "${dir##*/}"; then
 		error "$(gettext "Failure while creating working copy of %s %s repo")" "${repo}" "git"
 		plain "$(gettext "Aborting...")"
 		exit 1