diff --git a/ext4_utils/make_ext4fs.c b/ext4_utils/make_ext4fs.c
index f4e181c..97cd26f 100644
--- a/ext4_utils/make_ext4fs.c
+++ b/ext4_utils/make_ext4fs.c
@@ -218,16 +218,20 @@
 		dentries = tmp;
 
 		dentries[0].filename = strdup("lost+found");
-		dentries[0].path = strdup("/lost+found");
+		asprintf(&dentries[0].path, "%s/lost+found", dir_path);
 		dentries[0].full_path = NULL;
 		dentries[0].size = 0;
 		dentries[0].mode = S_IRWXU;
 		dentries[0].file_type = EXT4_FT_DIR;
 		dentries[0].uid = 0;
 		dentries[0].gid = 0;
-		if (sehnd)
-			if (selabel_lookup(sehnd, &dentries[0].secon, "lost+found", dentries[0].mode) < 0)
-				error("cannot lookup security context for /lost+found");
+		if (sehnd) {
+			char *sepath = NULL;
+			asprintf(&sepath, "/%s", dentries[0].path);
+			if (selabel_lookup(sehnd, &dentries[0].secon, sepath, dentries[0].mode) < 0)
+				error("cannot lookup security context for %s", dentries[0].path);
+			free(sepath);
+		}
 		entries++;
 		dirs++;
 	}