diff --git a/build/tasks/mkdeb-task.coffee b/build/tasks/mkdeb-task.coffee
index 118d424d4..e7f3218c8 100644
--- a/build/tasks/mkdeb-task.coffee
+++ b/build/tasks/mkdeb-task.coffee
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@ module.exports = (grunt) ->
     fs.writeFileSync(control, filled)
 
     cmd = path.join('script', 'mkdeb')
-    args = [version, control]
+    args = [version, control, grunt.config.get('atom.buildDir')]
     spawn({cmd, args}, done)
diff --git a/script/mkdeb b/script/mkdeb
index 7ceff41c5..d327474e1 100755
--- a/script/mkdeb
+++ b/script/mkdeb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# mkdeb version control-file-path
+# mkdeb version control-file-path deb-file-path
 
 SCRIPT=`readlink -f "$0"`
 ROOT=`readlink -f $(dirname $SCRIPT)/..`
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ cd $ROOT
 
 VERSION="$1"
 CONTROL_FILE="$2"
+DEB_PATH="$3"
+
 TARGET_ROOT="`mktemp -d`"
 TARGET="$TARGET_ROOT/atom-$VERSION"
 
@@ -17,5 +19,5 @@ mkdir -p "$TARGET/DEBIAN"
 mv "$CONTROL_FILE" "$TARGET/DEBIAN/control"
 
 dpkg-deb -b "$TARGET"
-mv "$TARGET_ROOT/atom-$VERSION.deb" /tmp/atom-build/
+mv "$TARGET_ROOT/atom-$VERSION.deb" "$DEB_PATH"
 rm -rf $TARGET_ROOT