diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d37c4cf413db1f8ae354e559a237a3bb089ae35a..5c36708f88f02030b96b57d3fc113a7daf4b832b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ _CPack_Packages
 *.gcno
 *.gcda
 *.gcov
-patches/
+/patches/
 .git-ignore/
 .pc/
 coverity/
diff --git a/static-build/cmake/AddDependencyProjects.cmake b/static-build/cmake/AddDependencyProjects.cmake
index 2edbd797414cdec9d1cc50eba1be42fd92ff3c2c..bb68c52c301e0867a4667fbef0c8b30cf1aa3188 100644
--- a/static-build/cmake/AddDependencyProjects.cmake
+++ b/static-build/cmake/AddDependencyProjects.cmake
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ set(DEPENDENCY_LDFLAGS "${DEPENDENCY_LDFLAGS} ${HARDENING_LDFLAGS}")
 set(DEPENDENCY_CFLAGS "${DEPENDENCY_CFLAGS} ${PREFIX_MAP_FLAGS}")
 set(DEPENDENCY_CXXFLAGS "${DEPENDENCY_CXXFLAGS} ${PREFIX_MAP_FLAGS}")
 
+set(PATCHES_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../patches")
+
 # Install all libraries required by tarantool at current build dir
 
 #
@@ -73,7 +75,7 @@ ExternalProject_Add(openssl
         no-shared
     INSTALL_COMMAND ${CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM} install_sw
     PATCH_COMMAND patch -d <SOURCE_DIR> -p1 <
-        "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../openssl-111q-gh-18720.patch"
+        "${PATCHES_DIR}/openssl-111q-gh-18720.patch"
 )
 set(TARANTOOL_DEPENDS openssl ${TARANTOOL_DEPENDS})
 
@@ -184,7 +186,7 @@ ExternalProject_Add(readline
         --prefix=<INSTALL_DIR>
         --disable-shared
     PATCH_COMMAND patch -d <SOURCE_DIR> -p0 <
-        "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../readline80-001.patch"
+        "${PATCHES_DIR}/readline80-001.patch"
 )
 set(TARANTOOL_DEPENDS readline ${TARANTOOL_DEPENDS})
 
diff --git a/static-build/openssl-111q-gh-18720.patch b/static-build/patches/openssl-111q-gh-18720.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from static-build/openssl-111q-gh-18720.patch
rename to static-build/patches/openssl-111q-gh-18720.patch
diff --git a/static-build/readline80-001.patch b/static-build/patches/readline80-001.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from static-build/readline80-001.patch
rename to static-build/patches/readline80-001.patch