diff --git a/srcpkgs/poppler/template b/srcpkgs/poppler/template
index c34698d6bd7..1bb3ff0720f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/poppler/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/poppler/template
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ pkgname=poppler
 version=22.07.0
 revision=2
 _testVersion=920c89f8f43bdfe8966c8e397e7f67f5302e9435
+create_wrksrc=yes
 build_style=cmake
 build_helper="gir"
 configure_args="-DENABLE_UNSTABLE_API_ABI_HEADERS=ON -DENABLE_CPP=ON
@@ -30,7 +31,8 @@ build_options="gir boost"
 build_options_default="gir boost"
 
 post_extract() {
-	mv ../test-${_testVersion} testdatadir
+	mv poppler-*/* .
+	mv test-${_testVersion} testdatadir
 }
 
 libpoppler_package() {