diff --git a/tools/distro-tool b/tools/distro-tool
index 744a1c436e..c098748ba1 100755
--- a/tools/distro-tool
+++ b/tools/distro-tool
@@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ generate_work_worker() {
   local pcount=$1 worker="$2" revision="$3"
   local workfile_i="$(printf "%s.%02d" "${WORKFILES_I}" ${worker})"
   local workfile_o="$(printf "%s.%02d" "${WORKFILES_O}" ${worker})"
-  local wanted_vars="PKG_NAME PKG_VERSION PKG_URL PKG_SHA256 PKG_SECTION PKG_IS_ADDON PKG_SOURCE_NAME"
+  local wanted_vars="PKG_NAME PKG_VERSION PKG_URL PKG_SHA256 PKG_DIR PKG_SECTION PKG_IS_ADDON PKG_SOURCE_NAME"
   local package_name var comma PKG_URL PKG_SOURCE_NAME PKG_VERSION PKG_IS_ADDON
 
   [ -f "${workfile_i}" ] || return 0
@@ -809,6 +809,7 @@ generate_work_worker() {
       [ ${PROGRESS} == yes ] && progress ${pcount}
 
       source config/options ${package_name} &>/dev/null || true
+      [ -z "${PKG_DIR}" ] && continue
 
       if [ -n "${revision}" ]; then
         PKG_URL="${PKG_URL/${PKG_VERSION}/${revision}}"
@@ -859,9 +860,9 @@ get_packages() {
   cd $LIBREELEC_DIR
 
   if [ -n "${package_name}" ]; then
-    basename $(dirname $(find packages -path "*/${package_name}/*" -name package.mk) 2>/dev/null) 2>/dev/null
+    basename $(dirname $(find packages projects/${PROJECT} -path "*/${package_name}/*" -name package.mk) 2>/dev/null | head -1) 2>/dev/null
   else
-    find packages -name package.mk -exec bash -c get_package_path "{}" \; | sort -k1 | cut -d' ' -f1
+    find packages projects/${PROJECT} -name package.mk -exec bash -c get_package_path "{}" \; | cut -d' ' -f1 | sort -u
   fi
   return 0
 }