diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index edfe50e..da63ce2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -23,12 +23,13 @@ $(BUILDDIR): keycodemapdb | submodule
 	# check if qemu/ was used for a build
 	# if so, please run 'make distclean' in the submodule and try again
 	test ! -f $(SRCDIR)/build/config.status
-	rm -rf $(BUILDDIR)
-	cp -a $(SRCDIR) $(BUILDDIR)
-	cp -a debian $(BUILDDIR)/debian
-	rm -rf $(BUILDDIR)/ui/keycodemapdb
-	cp -a keycodemapdb $(BUILDDIR)/ui/
-	echo "git clone git://git.proxmox.com/git/pve-qemu.git\\ngit checkout $(GITVERSION)" > $(BUILDDIR)/debian/SOURCE
+	rm -rf $(BUILDDIR).tmp $(BUILDDIR)
+	cp -a $(SRCDIR) $(BUILDDIR).tmp
+	cp -a debian $(BUILDDIR).tmp/debian
+	rm -rf $(BUILDDIR).tmp/ui/keycodemapdb
+	cp -a keycodemapdb $(BUILDDIR).tmp/ui/
+	echo "git clone git://git.proxmox.com/git/pve-qemu.git\\ngit checkout $(GITVERSION)" > $(BUILDDIR).tmp/debian/SOURCE
+	mv $(BUILDDIR).tmp $(BUILDDIR)
 
 .PHONY: deb kvm
 deb kvm: $(DEBS)