diff --git a/e2e/localhost/BUILD.bazel b/e2e/localhost/BUILD.bazel
index 5a261932413cadd310f5a4034b384e3b617f9637..f739ea8cf719c037018e2f450416310c1df96ab1 100644
--- a/e2e/localhost/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/e2e/localhost/BUILD.bazel
@@ -37,6 +37,41 @@ labgrid_genrule(
     tools = ["@rules_labgrid//labgrid/run"],
 )
 
+labgrid_genrule(
+    name = "hello-and-transfer-to-ruledir",
+    # We need Bash to redirect to a file on the target
+    srcs = ["@ape//ape:bash"],
+    outs = ["run-and-transfer-to-ruledir.actual"],
+    cmd = "$(location @rules_labgrid//labgrid/run) --get output.txt:$(RULEDIR)/run-and-transfer-to-ruledir.actual $(location @ape//ape:bash) -c 'echo world > output.txt'",
+    platform = "@rules_labgrid//platform:localhost",
+    tools = ["@rules_labgrid//labgrid/run"],
+)
+
+labgrid_genrule(
+    name = "hello-and-transfer-to-d",
+    # We need Bash to redirect to a file on the target
+    srcs = ["@ape//ape:bash"],
+    outs = ["run-and-transfer-to-d.actual"],
+    cmd = "$(location @rules_labgrid//labgrid/run) --get output.txt:$D/run-and-transfer-to-d.actual $(location @ape//ape:bash) -c 'echo world > output.txt'",
+    platform = "@rules_labgrid//platform:localhost",
+    tools = ["@rules_labgrid//labgrid/run"],
+)
+
+labgrid_genrule(
+    name = "hello-and-transfer-to-nested-d",
+    # We need Bash to redirect to a file on the target
+    srcs = ["@ape//ape:bash"],
+    outs = ["nested/run-and-transfer-to-d.actual"],
+    cmd = "$(location @rules_labgrid//labgrid/run) --get output.txt:$D/run-and-transfer-to-d.actual $(location @ape//ape:bash) -c 'echo world > output.txt'",
+    platform = "@rules_labgrid//platform:localhost",
+    tools = ["@rules_labgrid//labgrid/run"],
+)
+
+alias(
+    name = "run-and-transfer-to-nested-d.actual",
+    actual = "nested/run-and-transfer-to-d.actual",
+)
+
 labgrid_genrule(
     name = "hello-with-env",
     srcs = ["@ape//ape:printenv"],
@@ -72,6 +107,9 @@ labgrid_run_binary(
         "run",
         "run-with-runfiles",
         "run-and-transfer-file-back",
+        "run-and-transfer-to-ruledir",
+        "run-and-transfer-to-d",
+        "run-and-transfer-to-nested-d",
         "run-with-env",
         "run-binary",
     )
diff --git a/labgrid/genrule/rule.bzl b/labgrid/genrule/rule.bzl
index 6edde1d6d519d205bca2e3c91444b279cc968932..827ffcfd88da73d9e3f5854823fe99d531352303 100644
--- a/labgrid/genrule/rule.bzl
+++ b/labgrid/genrule/rule.bzl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-load("@bazel_skylib//lib:shell.bzl", "shell")
+load("@bazel_skylib//lib:paths.bzl", "paths")
 load("//labgrid/cfg:store.bzl", _cfg = "store")
 
 visibility("//...")
@@ -49,13 +49,14 @@ ATTRS = {
 }
 
 def _substitutions(ctx):
-    outs = [shell.quote(o.path) for o in ctx.outputs.outs]
-    srcs = [shell.quote(o.path) for o in ctx.files.srcs]
+    outs = [o.path for o in ctx.outputs.outs]
+    srcs = [o.path for o in ctx.files.srcs]
 
     # https://bazel.build/reference/be/make-variables#predefined_genrule_variables
     substitutions = {
         "$(OUTS)": " ".join(outs),
         "$(SRCS)": " ".join(srcs),
+        "$(RULEDIR)": paths.join(ctx.bin_dir.path, ctx.label.package),
     }
 
     if len(srcs) == 1:
@@ -65,8 +66,11 @@ def _substitutions(ctx):
 
     if len(outs) == 1:
         substitutions["$@"] = outs[0]
+        substitutions["$D"] = paths.dirname(outs[0])
     elif "$@" in ctx.attr.cmd:
         fail("Cannot specify `$@` Make variable with zero or multiple `outs`")
+    else:
+        substitutions["$D"] = paths.join(ctx.bin_dir.path, ctx.label.package)
 
     for key, value in ctx.var.items():
         substitutions["$({})".format(key)] = value
diff --git a/labgrid/run/run.py b/labgrid/run/run.py
index 78ccee71c1019e2bc4326229cd3147e342db5951..aed999019d14627f0f2a84fea80d4becf272c2a4 100644
--- a/labgrid/run/run.py
+++ b/labgrid/run/run.py
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ class Get:
     def resolve(self, remote: PurePath) -> Get:
         return Get(
             remote=self.join(remote, self.remote),
-            local=self.join(environ.get("BAZEL_GEN_DIR", Path.cwd()), self.local),
+            local=self.join(Path.cwd(), self.local),
             optional=self.optional,
         )