diff --git a/build.bash b/build.bash
index 08ccb36..3a3684e 100755
--- a/build.bash
+++ b/build.bash
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ cd "$(dirname "$0")"
 # gocryptfs version according to git
 GITVERSION=$(git describe --tags --dirty)
 # go-fuse version according to git
-GITVERSIONFUSE=$(git -C $GOPATH/src/github.com/hanwen/go-fuse rev-parse --short HEAD)
+GITVERSIONFUSE=$(cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/hanwen/go-fuse && git rev-parse --short HEAD)
 
 # go version go1.5.1 linux/amd64
 V=$(go version | cut -d" " -f3 | cut -c3-5)