diff --git a/srcpkgs/mons/template b/srcpkgs/mons/template
index 447c81881bb..f3a119991c2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mons/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mons/template
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 pkgname=mons
 version=0.8.2
 revision=2
+create_wrksrc=yes
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 hostmakedepends="help2man"
 depends="libXrandr"
@@ -15,8 +16,9 @@ checksum="73cf0e21c32206acec128c050c5905ee48412234f77c72fc4c1640cb53861160
 4f9ea887751765e0cba26397a3534b5a254e2d93ea41606e39db402ce25826d9"
 
 post_extract() {
+	mv mons-$version/* .
 	rm -r libshlist
-	mv "../libshlist-1.1" libshlist
+	mv libshlist-1.1 libshlist
 }
 
 post_install() {