diff --git a/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index f85047b6a..2e4f68c00 100644
--- a/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ parts:
     after: [acme]
     override-pull: |
         snapcraftctl pull
-        snapcraftctl set-version `git describe|sed s/^v//`
+        snapcraftctl set-version `cd $SNAPCRAFT_PART_SRC && git describe|sed s/^v//`
     # Workaround for lack of site-packages leading to empty sitecustomize.py
     stage:
       - -usr/lib/python3.6/sitecustomize.py