diff --git a/extra/freetype-harfbuzz/build b/extra/freetype-harfbuzz/build
index 86c7a481..c8901649 100755
--- a/extra/freetype-harfbuzz/build
+++ b/extra/freetype-harfbuzz/build
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ build_harfbuzz() (
     export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -I$1/usr/include/freetype2"
     export CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -I$1/usr/include/freetype2"
     export LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L$1/usr/lib"
+    export DESTDIR="$1"
 
     cd harfbuzz
 
-    export DESTDIR="$1"
     meson \
         --prefix=/usr \
         -Dpkg_config_path="$1/usr/lib/pkgconfig" \