diff --git a/contrib/ldapc++/Makefile.in b/contrib/ldapc++/Makefile.in
index cd0d17c9e18209c5a3552c683155da220fe9de46..b9a673d6d1f569b9b880f0abed8df9bbc229565a 100644
--- a/contrib/ldapc++/Makefile.in
+++ b/contrib/ldapc++/Makefile.in
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ distdir: $(DISTFILES)
 	@for file in $(DISTFILES); do \
 	  d=$(srcdir); \
 	  if test -d $$d/$$file; then \
-	    cp -pr $$/$$file $(distdir)/$$file; \
+	    cp -pr $$d/$$file $(distdir)/$$file; \
 	  else \
 	    test -f $(distdir)/$$file \
 	    || ln $$d/$$file $(distdir)/$$file 2> /dev/null \