diff --git a/GNUmakefile b/GNUmakefile
index eb6c66bb2..996c568f3 100644
--- a/GNUmakefile
+++ b/GNUmakefile
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ ifeq (${MULTICALL}, y)
 	$(INSTALL) $(BUILDDIR)/coreutils $(INSTALLDIR_BIN)/$(PROG_PREFIX)coreutils
 	cd $(INSTALLDIR_BIN) && $(foreach prog, $(filter-out coreutils, $(INSTALLEES)), \
 		ln -fs $(PROG_PREFIX)coreutils $(PROG_PREFIX)$(prog) &&) :
-	$(if $(findstring test,$(INSTALLEES)), ln -fs $(PROG_PREFIX)coreutils $(PROG_PREFIX)[)
+	$(if $(findstring test,$(INSTALLEES)), cd $(INSTALLDIR_BIN) && ln -fs $(PROG_PREFIX)coreutils $(PROG_PREFIX)[)
 	cat $(DOCSDIR)/_build/man/coreutils.1 | gzip > $(INSTALLDIR_MAN)/$(PROG_PREFIX)coreutils.1.gz
 else
 	$(foreach prog, $(INSTALLEES), \