diff --git a/lib/functions/host/docker.sh b/lib/functions/host/docker.sh
index f8bfab316b..2f48f8b352 100644
--- a/lib/functions/host/docker.sh
+++ b/lib/functions/host/docker.sh
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ function docker_cli_prepare() {
 	# declare -g DOCKER_ARMBIAN_BASE_IMAGE="${DOCKER_ARMBIAN_BASE_IMAGE:-"ubuntu:focal"}"
 	# declare -g DOCKER_ARMBIAN_BASE_IMAGE="${DOCKER_ARMBIAN_BASE_IMAGE:-"ubuntu:kinetic"}"
 	declare -g DOCKER_ARMBIAN_BASE_IMAGE="${DOCKER_ARMBIAN_BASE_IMAGE:-"ubuntu:jammy"}"
-	declare -g DOCKER_ARMBIAN_TARGET_PATH="${DOCKER_ARMBIAN_TARGET_PATH:-"/armbian"}"
+	declare -g DOCKER_ARMBIAN_TARGET_PATH="${DOCKER_ARMBIAN_TARGET_PATH:-"${SRC}"}" # this used to be '/armbian', but now matches the host path.
 
 	declare wanted_os_tag="${DOCKER_ARMBIAN_BASE_IMAGE%%:*}"
 	declare wanted_release_tag="${DOCKER_ARMBIAN_BASE_IMAGE##*:}"