diff --git a/lib/build.js b/lib/build.js
index a2395a8266..49ebdd9564 100644
--- a/lib/build.js
+++ b/lib/build.js
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ function createRenderer (bundle, manifest) {
   this.renderer = createBundleRenderer(bundle, Object.assign({
     clientManifest: manifest,
     runInNewContext: false,
-    baseDir: this.options.dir
+    basedir: this.dir
   }, this.options.build.ssr))
   this.renderToString = pify(this.renderer.renderToString)
   this.renderToStream = this.renderer.renderToStream