diff --git a/completions/pkgtools b/completions/pkgtools
index 3f73c68a..df59ad15 100644
--- a/completions/pkgtools
+++ b/completions/pkgtools
@@ -47,7 +47,9 @@ _removepkg()
         return 0
     fi
 
-    COMPREPLY=( $( cd /var/log/packages; compgen -f -- "$cur" ) )
+    local root=${ROOT:-/}
+    COMPREPLY=( $( cd "$root/var/log/packages" 2> /dev/null || return 1 ; \
+        compgen -f -- "$cur" ) )
 } &&
 complete -F _removepkg removepkg