diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2ba7c76d..116ae41d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ ZSH := $(shell command -v zsh 2> /dev/null)
 all:
 
 pkg:
-	cd gitstatus && $(MAKE) pkg && cd ..
+	$(MAKE) -C gitstatus pkg
 	$(or $(ZSH),:) -fc 'for f in *.zsh-theme internal/*.zsh; do zcompile -R -- $$f.zwc $$f || exit; done'