diff --git a/bob/devtools/build.py b/bob/devtools/build.py
index 14b552892f6a3fa2c299b8f207f1fb7a0d91cda7..e3fb82d42c367f135963117ed718480b4c8972f1 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/build.py
+++ b/bob/devtools/build.py
@@ -874,6 +874,7 @@ def build_bob_devel(obj):
             "conda_build_config.yaml",
         ),
         condarc_options=obj["condarc_options"],
+        work_dir=obj["work_dir"],
     )
 
     git_clean_build(obj["bootstrap"].run_cmdline, verbose=(obj["verbose"] >= 3))