diff --git a/example/Makefile.am b/example/Makefile.am
index c9fb907..8d38538 100644
--- a/example/Makefile.am
+++ b/example/Makefile.am
@@ -22,23 +22,23 @@
 	$(calculator_markdown_generated_files)
 
 net/poettering/Calculator/server.hpp:
-	@top_srcdir@/tools/sdbus++ -r . \
+	@top_srcdir@/tools/sdbus++ \
 	    interface server-header net.poettering.Calculator > $@
 
 net/poettering/Calculator/server.cpp:
-	@top_srcdir@/tools/sdbus++ -r . \
+	@top_srcdir@/tools/sdbus++ \
 	    interface server-cpp net.poettering.Calculator > $@
 
 net/poettering/Calculator/error.hpp:
-	@top_srcdir@/tools/sdbus++ -r . \
+	@top_srcdir@/tools/sdbus++ \
 	    error exception-header net.poettering.Calculator > $@
 
 net/poettering/Calculator/error.cpp:
-	@top_srcdir@/tools/sdbus++ -r . \
+	@top_srcdir@/tools/sdbus++ \
 	    error exception-cpp net.poettering.Calculator > $@
 
 calculator.md:
-	@top_srcdir@/tools/sdbus++ -r . \
+	@top_srcdir@/tools/sdbus++ \
 	    interface markdown net.poettering.Calculator > $@
-	@top_srcdir@/tools/sdbus++ -r . \
+	@top_srcdir@/tools/sdbus++ \
 	    error markdown net.poettering.Calculator >> $@
diff --git a/tools/sdbus++ b/tools/sdbus++
index 28c2858..26969f3 100755
--- a/tools/sdbus++
+++ b/tools/sdbus++
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Process sdbus++ YAML files.')
 
-    parser.add_argument('-r', '--rootdir', dest='rootdir', default='example',
+    parser.add_argument('-r', '--rootdir', dest='rootdir', default='.',
                         type=str, help='Location of files to process.')
     parser.add_argument('-t', '--templatedir', dest='templatedir',
                         default=os.path.join(module_path, 'templates'),