diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 310cb701c..4ec08e5b8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ ifeq (,$(shell which kustomize 2>/dev/null))
 	set -e ;\
 	mkdir -p $(dir $(KUSTOMIZE)) ;\
 	curl -sSLo - https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/releases/download/kustomize/v5.2.1/kustomize_v5.2.1_$(OS)_$(ARCH).tar.gz | \
-	tar xzf - -C bin/ ;\
+	tar xzf - -C $(shell pwd)/bin/ ;\
 	}
 else
 KUSTOMIZE = $(shell which kustomize)