diff --git a/src/main/scripts/build-distribution.sh b/src/main/scripts/build-distribution.sh
index 82dc35df5c..bd41231e72 100755
--- a/src/main/scripts/build-distribution.sh
+++ b/src/main/scripts/build-distribution.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-mvn -Dmaven.test.skip=true clean package javadoc:aggregate docbkx:generate-pdf docbkx:generate-html assembly:assembly
+cd `dirname $0`
+mvn -f ../../../pom.xml -Dmaven.test.skip=true clean package javadoc:aggregate docbkx:generate-pdf docbkx:generate-html assembly:assembly
+cd -