diff --git a/vars/build.vars b/vars/build.vars
index 8d5b842..599e323 100644
--- a/vars/build.vars
+++ b/vars/build.vars
@@ -898,6 +898,7 @@ ksh_openbsd sbase sed tar tcsh the_silver_searcher toilet ubase which zsh";
 : ${PKG_TOILET_URLS_GIT:=toilet=https://github.com/cacalabs/toilet@master};
 : ${PKG_TOILET_ENV_VARS_EXTRA:="CACA_CFLAGS=-I${PREFIX_NATIVE}/include:CACA_LIBS=-L${PREFIX_NATIVE} -lcaca"};
 : ${PKG_UBASE_URLS_GIT:="ubase=http://git.suckless.org/ubase@master"};
+: ${PKG_UBASE_DESTDIR:=destdir/suckless};
 : ${PKG_UBASE_IN_TREE:=1};
 : ${PKG_UBASE_MAKE_INSTALL_VNAME:=PREFIX};
 : ${PKG_UBASE_PREFIX:=${PREFIX_NATIVE}/suckless};