diff --git a/contrib/gitian-build.py b/contrib/gitian-build.py
--- a/contrib/gitian-build.py
+++ b/contrib/gitian-build.py
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@
     if args.setup:
         setup()
 
-    os.chdir('bitcoin')
+    os.chdir('bitcoin-abc')
     if args.pull:
         subprocess.check_call(
             ['git', 'fetch', args.url, 'refs/pull/'+args.version+'/merge'])