diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8410234f75..4a9b821df7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ complain-no-submodule:
 
 # Create packages and a catalog for all native libraries:
 native-catalog:
-	$(RACKET) $(DISTBLD)/pack-native.rkt
+	$(RACKET) $(DISTBLD)/pack-native.rkt native-pkgs
 
 # Create a catalog for all packages in this directory:
 local-source-catalog:
diff --git a/pkgs/distro-build/pack-native.rkt b/pkgs/distro-build/pack-native.rkt
index e28d466bc3..16f88e9357 100644
--- a/pkgs/distro-build/pack-native.rkt
+++ b/pkgs/distro-build/pack-native.rkt
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@
          net/url
          pkg/strip)
 
-(command-line
- #:args
- ()
- (void))
+(define src-dir
+  (command-line
+   #:args
+   (native-pkgs-dir)
+   native-pkgs-dir))
 
-(define src-dir (build-path "build" "native-pkgs"))
 (define dest-dir (build-path "build" "native" "pkgs"))
 (define catalog-dir (build-path "build" "native" "catalog"))
 (define local-catalog-dir (build-path "build" "local" "catalog"))