diff --git a/README b/README
index 2c19724fbc8d85c075874bc1b81ac1373b3327ca..d2ebad8aa31db2769f0c7b29422a116830010c32 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ How to compile on Linux
 
 1) Compile the dependencies first
 
-cd ../contrib/
+cd contrib
 mkdir native
 cd native
 ../bootstrap