diff --git a/network/ucspi-ssl/ucspi-ssl.conf b/network/ucspi-ssl/ucspi-ssl.conf
index e73bdb3cc..f191d6265 100644
--- a/network/ucspi-ssl/ucspi-ssl.conf
+++ b/network/ucspi-ssl/ucspi-ssl.conf
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
 # --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
 
 # ucspi-ssl is following slashpackage conventions
-srcdir=host/superscript.com/net/$pkg-$ver
+# host/superscript.com/net/$pkg-$ver
+var_insert taropt ' ' "--strip-components=3"
 
 pkg_ucspi_ssl_compile() {
 	./package/compile - sslperl