diff --git a/mash/BitbakeRecipe.py b/mash/BitbakeRecipe.py
index ef95e86..2d62935 100644
--- a/mash/BitbakeRecipe.py
+++ b/mash/BitbakeRecipe.py
@@ -250,15 +250,9 @@ def get_recipe_text(self):
         lines.append(f'ROS_BRANCH ?= "branch={self.branch}"')
         lines.append(f'SRC_URI = "{self.src_uri}"')
         lines.append(f'SRCREV = "{self.srcrev}"')
-        # XXX: Only use WORKDIR for older Yocto releases like scarthgap
-
-        split_path = self.pkg_path.split(os.path.sep)
-        if len(split_path) > 2:
-            git_subdir = os.path.sep + os.path.join(*split_path[2:])
-        else:
-            git_subdir = ""
 
-        lines.append(f'S = "${{WORKDIR}}/git{git_subdir}"')
+        # XXX: Only use WORKDIR for older Yocto releases like scarthgap
+        lines.append(f'S = "${{WORKDIR}}/git{self.pkg_path}"')
 
         lines.append("")
         lines.append(f"ROS_BUILD_TYPE = \"{self.build_type}\"")
diff --git a/mash/verb/bitbake.py b/mash/verb/bitbake.py
index 476c027..9698ff9 100644
--- a/mash/verb/bitbake.py
+++ b/mash/verb/bitbake.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 from colcon_core.topological_order import topological_order_packages
 from colcon_core.verb import VerbExtensionPoint
 from git import Repo, GitCommandError
+from pathlib import Path
 from rosdistro import get_index, get_index_url, get_cached_distribution
 from mash.BitbakeRecipe import BitbakeRecipe
 from mash.PackageMetadata import PackageMetadata
@@ -137,9 +138,6 @@ def main(self, *, context):  # noqa: D102
 
             lines.append(f"{pkg.name:<30}\t{str(pkg.path):<30}\t({pkg.type})")
 
-            self.path = os.path.abspath(
-                os.path.join(os.getcwd(), str(pkg.path)))
-
             recipe_name = pkg.name.lower().replace('_', '-')
 
             recipe_dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(
@@ -156,12 +154,11 @@ def main(self, *, context):  # noqa: D102
                 bitbake_recipe.set_rosdistro(args.rosdistro)
                 bitbake_recipe.set_internal_packages(released_packages)
                 bitbake_recipe.importPackage(pkg_metadata)
-                bitbake_recipe.set_pkg_path(str(pkg.path))
 
                 repo = None
                 # Get source URI and revision
                 try:
-                    repo = Repo(pkg.path, search_parent_directories=True)
+                    repo = Repo(str(pkg.path), search_parent_directories=True)
                 except Exception as e:
                     repo = None
                     print(f"\t- Warning: Could not open git repository for package {pkg.name}: {e}")
@@ -170,6 +167,8 @@ def main(self, *, context):  # noqa: D102
                 branch = None
                 src_rev = None
                 tag_name = None
+                repo_path = None
+
                 if repo is not None:
                     try:
                         # Use origin remote
@@ -213,7 +212,19 @@ def main(self, *, context):  # noqa: D102
                     # Get the current commit hash
                     src_rev = repo.head.commit.hexsha
 
-                    repo_name = repo.working_tree_dir.split("/")[-1]
+                    # get the path to the working copy
+                    repo_path = Path(repo.working_tree_dir).resolve()
+                    git_relpath = os.path.relpath(pkg.path, start=repo_path)
+
+                    if git_relpath == ".":
+                        git_relpath = ""
+                    else:
+                        git_relpath = "/" + git_relpath
+
+                    bitbake_recipe.set_pkg_path(str(git_relpath))
+                    lines.append(f"\t- Package repo path: {git_relpath}")
+
+                    repo_name = os.path.split(repo.working_tree_dir)[-1]
 
                     try:
                         tag_name = repo.git.describe('--tags', '--abbrev=0')
@@ -222,7 +233,6 @@ def main(self, *, context):  # noqa: D102
 
                     bitbake_recipe.set_git_metadata(src_uri, branch, src_rev, repo_name, tag_name)
 
-
                 ros_bitbake_recipe = os.path.join(recipe_dir, bitbake_recipe.bitbake_recipe_filename())
                 lines.append(f"\t- Bitbake recipe: {ros_bitbake_recipe}")