diff --git a/examples/cp.c b/examples/cp.c
index 6a657545e..254b30eab 100644
--- a/examples/cp.c
+++ b/examples/cp.c
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ void GetOpts(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
 int cp(const char *src, const char *dst) {
   if (endswith(dst, "/") || isdirectory(dst)) {
-    dst = _gc(xasprintf("%s/%s", dst, basename));
+    dst = _gc(xasprintf("%s/%s", dst, basename(src)));
   }
   if (!force && access(dst, W_OK) == -1 && errno != ENOENT) goto OnFail;
   if (copyfile(src, dst, flags) == -1) goto OnFail;