diff --git a/recipes/core/pkgutils/recipe.toml b/recipes/core/pkgutils/recipe.toml
index e222cb459..51ae456b6 100644
--- a/recipes/core/pkgutils/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/core/pkgutils/recipe.toml
@@ -2,4 +2,8 @@
 git = "https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/pkgutils.git"
 
 [build]
-template = "cargo"
+template = "custom"
+script = """
+PACKAGE_PATH=pkg-cli
+cookbook_cargo
+"""