diff --git a/data/extra/templates/meson.build b/data/extra/templates/meson.build
index 421cd76..54dddae 100644
--- a/data/extra/templates/meson.build
+++ b/data/extra/templates/meson.build
@@ -6,11 +6,13 @@ skeleton_names = ['eflproject', 'eflproject_python']
 foreach skeleton_name : skeleton_names
 
   custom_target('skeleton ' + skeleton_name,
-     command : [tar, 'zcf', '@OUTPUT@', '-C', '../data/extra/templates/skeletons', skeleton_name],
-     input : 'skeletons' + '/' + skeleton_name,
-     output : skeleton_name + '.tar.gz',
-     install_dir: join_paths(get_option('prefix'), get_option('datadir'), 'edi', 'templates'),
-     install : true,
+    command : [tar, 'zcf', '@OUTPUT@', '-C', 
+      join_paths(meson.source_root(), 'data', 'extra', 'templates', 'skeletons'),
+      skeleton_name],
+    input : join_paths('skeletons', skeleton_name),
+    output : skeleton_name + '.tar.gz',
+    install_dir: join_paths(get_option('prefix'), get_option('datadir'), 'edi', 'templates'),
+    install : true,
   )
 
 endforeach