diff --git a/contrib/toolchain/avra/src/Tupfile.lua b/contrib/toolchain/avra/src/Tupfile.lua
index e599d0b9ab..12d88e4a79 100644
--- a/contrib/toolchain/avra/src/Tupfile.lua
+++ b/contrib/toolchain/avra/src/Tupfile.lua
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 if tup.getconfig("NO_GCC") ~= "" then return end
-HELPERDIR = (tup.getconfig("HELPERDIR") == "") and "../../../programs" or tup.getconfig("HELPERDIR")
+HELPERDIR = (tup.getconfig("HELPERDIR") == "") and "../../../../programs" or tup.getconfig("HELPERDIR")
 tup.include(HELPERDIR .. "/use_gcc.lua")
 tup.include(HELPERDIR .. "/use_newlib.lua")