diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 22fa30ac..d5c6f4b6 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
 
 - Fix useless hint when all missing dependencies are optional (#137)
 
+- Fix a bug preventing one from generating `META.pkg.template` with a
+  custom rule (#190)
+
 1.0+beta10 (08/06/2017)
 -----------------------
 
diff --git a/src/gen_rules.ml b/src/gen_rules.ml
index ebb66499..46cc34aa 100644
--- a/src/gen_rules.ml
+++ b/src/gen_rules.ml
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ Add it to your jbuild file to remove this warning.
 
       let template =
         if has_meta_tmpl then
-          let meta_templ_path = Path.relative pkg.path meta_templ_fn in
+          let meta_templ_path = Path.relative path meta_templ_fn in
           Build.lines_of meta_templ_path
         else
           Build.return ["# JBUILDER_GEN"]