diff --git a/ezjail-admin b/ezjail-admin
index b264bc9..a898862 100755
--- a/ezjail-admin
+++ b/ezjail-admin
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ ezjail_updateports () {
   else
     portsnap fetch
     [ -d ${ezjail_jailbase}/usr/ports ] && ezjail_portsnapaction=update
-    portsnap ${ezjail_portsnapaction:-"extract"}
+    portsnap -p ${ezjail_jailbase}/usr/ports ${ezjail_portsnapaction:-"extract"}
   fi
   [ $? = 0 ] || exerr "Updating ports failed."
 }