diff --git a/vars/build.vars b/vars/build.vars
index cccc489..8d5b842 100644
--- a/vars/build.vars
+++ b/vars/build.vars
@@ -825,6 +825,7 @@ ksh_openbsd sbase sed tar tcsh the_silver_searcher toilet ubase which zsh";
 : ${PKG_BUSYBOX_SHA256SUM:=ad0d22033f23e696f9a71a4c2f9210194dda39b024a79151f4ac278995332a6e};
 : ${PKG_BUSYBOX_VERSION:=1.28.3};
 : ${PKG_BUSYBOX_URL:=https://busybox.net/downloads/busybox-${PKG_BUSYBOX_VERSION}.tar.bz2};
+: ${PKG_BUSYBOX_DESTDIR:=destdir/busybox};
 : ${PKG_BUSYBOX_IN_TREE=1};
 : ${PKG_COREUTILS_SHA256SUM:=92d0fa1c311cacefa89853bdb53c62f4110cdfda3820346b59cbd098f40f955e};
 : ${PKG_COREUTILS_VERSION:=8.29};
@@ -878,6 +879,7 @@ ksh_openbsd sbase sed tar tcsh the_silver_searcher toilet ubase which zsh";
 : ${PKG_KSH_OPENBSD_SUBDIR:=ksh-openbsd-${PKG_KSH_OPENBSD_VERSION}};
 : ${PKG_KSH_OPENBSD_BUILD_DIR:=ksh-openbsd-${PKG_KSH_OPENBSD_VERSION}};
 : ${PKG_SBASE_URLS_GIT:="sbase=http://git.suckless.org/sbase@master"};
+: ${PKG_SBASE_DESTDIR:=destdir/suckless};
 : ${PKG_SBASE_IN_TREE:=1};
 : ${PKG_SBASE_MAKE_INSTALL_VNAME:=PREFIX};
 : ${PKG_SBASE_PREFIX:=${PREFIX_NATIVE}/suckless};