diff --git a/build_tools/make_tarball.sh b/build_tools/make_tarball.sh
index 1347b19bc..457df8a05 100755
--- a/build_tools/make_tarball.sh
+++ b/build_tools/make_tarball.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 rm -f ~/fish_built/fishfish.tar.gz
-if git archive --format=tar fish_fish | gzip - > ~/fish_built/fishfish.tar.gz
+if git archive --format=tar --prefix=fishfish/ fish_fish | gzip - > ~/fish_built/fishfish.tar.gz
 then
 	echo "Tarball written to ~/fish_built/fishfish.tar.gz"
 else