diff --git a/libs/libcoap/Makefile b/libs/libcoap/Makefile
index d8e49feda8..fb220a9ee1 100644
--- a/libs/libcoap/Makefile
+++ b/libs/libcoap/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=libcoap
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_RELEASE:=3
 
 PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/obgm/libcoap
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ PKG_MAINTAINER:=Anton Glukhov <anton.a.glukhov@gmail.com>
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0+ BSD-2-Clause
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING LICENSE.GPL LICENSE.BSD
 
+PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_NAME)
+
 PKG_FIXUP:=autoreconf
 PKG_INSTALL:=1