2 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/bin/update_pch b/bin/update_pch
index 10f5e2e9df65..6112fc654555 100755
--- a/bin/update_pch
+++ b/bin/update_pch
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ EXCLUDE_MODULE = False
 EXCLUDE_LOCAL = False
 EXCLUDE_SYSTEM = True
 SILENT = False
+WORKDIR = 'workdir'
 
 # System includes: oox, sal, sd, svl, vcl
 
@@ -607,7 +608,7 @@ def parse_makefile(groups, lines, lineno, lastif, ifstack):
                 if osname not in groups:
                     groups[osname] = []
                 if ingeneratedobjects:
-                    file = 'workdir/' + file
+                    file = WORKDIR + '/' + file
                 groups[osname].append(file)
 
     return groups
@@ -909,6 +910,10 @@ def main():
     global EXCLUDE_LOCAL
     global EXCLUDE_SYSTEM
     global SILENT
+    global WORKDIR
+
+    if os.getenv('WORKDIR'):
+        WORKDIR = os.getenv('WORKDIR')
 
     root = '.'
     module = sys.argv[1]
diff --git a/bin/update_pch.sh b/bin/update_pch.sh
index 5299242b9d7c..78b4a47e6044 100755
--- a/bin/update_pch.sh
+++ b/bin/update_pch.sh
@@ -11,8 +11,12 @@
 # Usage: update_pch.sh [<module>]
 # Invoke: make cmd cmd="./bin/update_pch.sh [..]"
 
-root=`dirname $0`
-root=`cd $root/.. >/dev/null && pwd`
+if test -n "$SRC_DIR"; then
+    root="$SRC_DIR"
+else
+    root=`dirname $0`
+    root=`cd $root/.. >/dev/null && pwd`
+fi
 root=`readlink -f $root`
 cd $root