diff --git a/build/common.sh b/build/common.sh
index 8f8254ca228..f5716709b91 100755
--- a/build/common.sh
+++ b/build/common.sh
@@ -451,8 +451,8 @@ function kube::build::build_image() {
 
   cp /etc/localtime "${LOCAL_OUTPUT_BUILD_CONTEXT}/"
 
-  cp build/build-image/Dockerfile "${LOCAL_OUTPUT_BUILD_CONTEXT}/Dockerfile"
-  cp build/build-image/rsyncd.sh "${LOCAL_OUTPUT_BUILD_CONTEXT}/"
+  cp ${KUBE_ROOT}/build/build-image/Dockerfile "${LOCAL_OUTPUT_BUILD_CONTEXT}/Dockerfile"
+  cp ${KUBE_ROOT}/build/build-image/rsyncd.sh "${LOCAL_OUTPUT_BUILD_CONTEXT}/"
   dd if=/dev/urandom bs=512 count=1 2>/dev/null | LC_ALL=C tr -dc 'A-Za-z0-9' | dd bs=32 count=1 2>/dev/null > "${LOCAL_OUTPUT_BUILD_CONTEXT}/rsyncd.password"
   chmod go= "${LOCAL_OUTPUT_BUILD_CONTEXT}/rsyncd.password"