diff --git a/solenv/bin/create-ids b/solenv/bin/create-ids
index 8744a387e5cb..2c7f976fd018 100755
--- a/solenv/bin/create-ids
+++ b/solenv/bin/create-ids
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # create ID file for the whole LibO tree. run it in toplevel dir
 
-./config_host.mk && . ./Env.Host.sh
+. ./config_host.mk && . ./Env.Host.sh
 
 # --with-outpath includes projects/$INPATH/inc (also solver/$INPATH/inc)
 if [ "$1" = "--with-outpath" ]; then