diff --git a/trunk/PKGBUILD b/trunk/PKGBUILD
index f4accb5..acf4b21 100644
--- a/trunk/PKGBUILD
+++ b/trunk/PKGBUILD
@@ -137,8 +137,8 @@ package_mariadb() {
   install -Dm644 ../mariadb.service "$pkgdir"/usr/lib/systemd/system/mysqld.service
   install -Dm644 ../mariadb-tmpfile.conf "$pkgdir"/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/mysql.conf
 
-  install -dm700 var/lib/mysql
-  chown -R 89:89 var/lib/mysql &>/dev/null
+  install -dm700 "$pkgdir"/var/lib/mysql
+  chown -R 89:89 "$pkgdir"/var/lib/mysql &>/dev/null
 
   # provided by libmariadbclient
   cd "$pkgdir"