diff --git a/camino/Chimera.pbproj/project.pbxproj b/camino/Chimera.pbproj/project.pbxproj
index 695d95dc46fd..4d75a8cbbf19 100644
--- a/camino/Chimera.pbproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/camino/Chimera.pbproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -1409,7 +1409,7 @@
 			);
 			runOnlyForDeploymentPostprocessing = 0;
 			shellPath = /bin/sh;
-			shellScript = "mkdir -p locale/en-US/communicator/history/ ; cp ../xpfe/components/history/resources/locale/en-US/history.properties locale/en-US/communicator/history ; zip -g ../dist/Embed/chrome/embed.jar locale/en-US/communicator/history/history.properties ; rm -rf locale";
+			shellScript = "SRCDIR=`make echo_srcdir`; mkdir -p locale/en-US/communicator/history/ ; cp $SRCDIR/../xpfe/components/history/resources/locale/en-US/history.properties locale/en-US/communicator/history ; zip -g ../dist/Embed/chrome/embed.jar locale/en-US/communicator/history/history.properties ; rm -rf locale";
 		};
 		3FA0DBC00473293D00A80005 = {
 			buildActionMask = 2147483647;
@@ -1422,7 +1422,7 @@
 			);
 			runOnlyForDeploymentPostprocessing = 0;
 			shellPath = /bin/sh;
-			shellScript = "mkdir -p locale/en-US/communicator/history/ ; cp ../xpfe/components/history/resources/locale/en-US/history.properties locale/en-US/communicator/history ; zip -g ../dist/Embed/chrome/embed.jar locale/en-US/communicator/history/history.properties ; rm -rf locale";
+			shellScript = "SRCDIR=`make echo_srcdir`; mkdir -p locale/en-US/communicator/history/ ; cp $SRCDIR/../xpfe/components/history/resources/locale/en-US/history.properties locale/en-US/communicator/history ; zip -g ../dist/Embed/chrome/embed.jar locale/en-US/communicator/history/history.properties ; rm -rf locale";
 		};
 		3FAD95540461E43700A80005 = {
 			isa = PBXFileReference;
diff --git a/camino/Makefile b/camino/Makefile
index 5b97b9d55745..ff2306af41f7 100644
--- a/camino/Makefile
+++ b/camino/Makefile
@@ -65,4 +65,6 @@ clean clobber:
 	rm -rf build
 	rm -f resources/localized/English.lproj/Localized.rsrc
 
-
+# convenience target for PB script build phases
+echo_srcdir:
+	@echo $(srcdir)