diff --git a/config/functions b/config/functions
index c7012473ee..05545f1ec5 100644
--- a/config/functions
+++ b/config/functions
@@ -857,7 +857,7 @@ source_package() {
   unset_functions
 
   if [ -n "${1}" ]; then
-    PKG_DIR="$(get_pkg_directory ${1})"
+    [ -f "${1}" ] && PKG_DIR="$(dirname "${1}")" || PKG_DIR="$(get_pkg_directory "${1}")"
 
     [ -n "$PKG_DIR" -a -r $PKG_DIR/package.mk ] || die "FAILURE: unable to source package - ${1}/package.mk does not exist"