diff --git a/scripts/pkgmeek b/scripts/pkgmeek
index 91512e8..d4b545e 100755
--- a/scripts/pkgmeek
+++ b/scripts/pkgmeek
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ done
 
 # The effective user should at least have write permissions on $PWD
 [ -w "$(dirname "$work")" ] || work="$(pwd)"/work
-rm -rf "$work"; mkdir -p "$work"/{src,pkg} && cd "$work"
+[ "$PKGMK_KEEP_WORK" = yes ] || rm -rf "$work"
+mkdir -p "$work"/{src,pkg} && cd "$work"
 
 # Skip the retrieval of sources if the user asked for '-utd' or '-uf'.
 [[ "$PKGMK_MTIME_ONLY $PKGMK_UPDATE_FOOTPRINT" =~ yes ]] && [ -e "$PKGMK_PACKAGE_DIR/$package" ] \