diff --git a/mktarball.py b/mktarball.py
index b62812242..46d6f3a10 100644
--- a/mktarball.py
+++ b/mktarball.py
@@ -4,13 +4,17 @@
 # the script is living in, excluding CVS directories and the 
 # script itself.
 #
-# $Id: mktarball.py,v 1.5 1999-12-18 23:28:54 Just Exp $
+# $Id: mktarball.py,v 1.6 1999-12-18 23:56:14 just Exp $
 #
 
 
 import os, sys
 
-src, self = os.path.split(sys.argv[0])
+script = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), sys.argv[0])
+srcdir, scriptname = os.path.split(script)
+wdir, src = os.path.split(srcdir)
+os.chdir(wdir)
+
 tar = src + ".tar"
 gz = tar + ".gz"
 tgz = src + ".tgz"
@@ -18,6 +22,6 @@ tgz = src + ".tgz"
 print "source:", src
 print "dest:", tgz
 
-os.system('tar --exclude=CVS --exclude=%s -cf %s %s' % (self, tar, src))
+os.system('tar --exclude=CVS --exclude=%s -cf %s %s' % (scriptname, tar, src))
 os.system('gzip -9v %s' % tar)
 os.rename(gz, tgz)