diff --git a/board/common/qemu/qemu.sh b/board/common/qemu/qemu.sh
index dfe72d23..b047debe 100755
--- a/board/common/qemu/qemu.sh
+++ b/board/common/qemu/qemu.sh
@@ -220,6 +220,8 @@ menuconfig()
     exec kconfig-mconf Config.in
 }
 
+cd $(dirname $(readlink -f "$0"))
+
 while [ "$1" != "" ]; do
     case $1 in
 	-c)
diff --git a/external.mk b/external.mk
index cc8a8366..7740dd7c 100644
--- a/external.mk
+++ b/external.mk
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ local.mk:
 
 .PHONY: run
 run:
-	@(cd $O/images && ./qemu.sh)
+	@$(BINARIES_DIR)/qemu.sh
 
 .PHONY: run-menuconfig
 run-menuconfig:
-	@(cd $O/images && CONFIG_="CONFIG_" BR2_CONFIG=".config" ../build/buildroot-config/mconf Config.in)
+	CONFIG_="CONFIG_" BR2_CONFIG="$(BINARIES_DIR)/.config" \
+		$(BUILD_DIR)/buildroot-config/mconf $(BINARIES_DIR)/Config.in