diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/meson/time-strace.sh b/.gitlab-ci/meson/time-strace.sh
index 705f3457e3e..dab628a89e7 100755
--- a/.gitlab-ci/meson/time-strace.sh
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/meson/time-strace.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 if [ "x$STRACEDIR" = "x" ]; then
-    STRACEDIR=meson-logs/strace/$(for i in $@; do basename -z -- $i; echo -n _; done)
+    STRACEDIR=meson-logs/strace/$(for i in $@; do basename -z -- $i; echo -n _; done).$$
 fi
 
 mkdir -p $STRACEDIR