diff --git a/ncurses.spec b/ncurses.spec
index 1291d13..a09a855 100644
--- a/ncurses.spec
+++ b/ncurses.spec
@@ -276,10 +276,11 @@ rm -vf mk-dlls.sh
 
 %build
 %global _configure	screen -L -D -m ./configure
-    SCREENRC=ncurses.screen
-    export SCREENRC
+    SCREENDIR=$(mktemp -d ${PWD}/screen.XXXXXX) || exit 1
+    SCREENRC=${SCREENDIR}/ncurses
+    export SCREENRC SCREENDIR
     exec 0< /dev/null
-    SCREENLOG=$PWD/config.screen
+    SCREENLOG=${SCREENDIR}/config.screen
     cat > $SCREENRC<<-EOF
 	deflogin off
 	logfile $SCREENLOG