diff --git a/helm-charts/basehub/values.yaml b/helm-charts/basehub/values.yaml
index fc5ff1fb36..412a41b511 100644
--- a/helm-charts/basehub/values.yaml
+++ b/helm-charts/basehub/values.yaml
@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@ binderhub-service:
     BinderHub:
       base_url: /services/binder
       use_registry: true
+    BuildExecutor:
+      # Put the contents of the repo under `/srv/repo`
+      # By default they go under `/home/jovyan`, which gets overwritten
+      # by the home directory
+      repo2docker_extra_args:
+      - --target-repo-dir=/srv/repo
     KubernetesBuildExecutor:
       build_image: quay.io/jupyterhub/repo2docker:2024.07.0-159.gd0ddd2e
       node_selector: