diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7a218a72..e62577b9 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ panic = "abort"
 [package.metadata.deb]
 assets = [
     ["target/release/oxipng", "usr/bin/", "755"],
-    ["generated/assets/oxipng.1", "usr/share/man/man1/", "644"],
+    ["target/generated/assets/oxipng.1", "usr/share/man/man1/", "644"],
     ["README.md", "usr/share/doc/oxipng/", "644"],
     ["CHANGELOG.md", "usr/share/doc/oxipng/", "644"],
 ]
diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
index 91cd1b6d..288acec7 100644
--- a/build.rs
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -24,8 +24,15 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
     println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=src/cli.rs");
     println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=src/display_chunks.rs");
 
-    // Create `generated/assets/` folder.
-    let path = env::current_dir()?.join("generated").join("assets");
+    // Create `target/generated/assets/` folder.
+    let path = Path::new(
+        env::var("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR")
+            .expect("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR not set, build environment is broken")
+            .as_str(),
+    )
+    .join("target")
+    .join("generated")
+    .join("assets");
     std::fs::create_dir_all(&path).unwrap();
 
     build_manpages(&path)?;