diff --git a/lib/check.nix b/lib/check.nix
index 2fa2f41ebe..0bf44822f7 100644
--- a/lib/check.nix
+++ b/lib/check.nix
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation ({
   # component and we want it to quietly succeed.
   buildPhase = ''
     mkdir $out
+    ${
+      # Change to the source sub directory if there is one.
+      lib.optionalString (drv.srcSubDir or "" != "") ''
+        cd ${lib.removePrefix "/" drv.srcSubDir}
+      ''
+    }
 
     runHook preCheck