lib/PublicInbox/Import.pm       | 6 ++++--
 lib/PublicInbox/WatchMaildir.pm | 2 +-

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Import.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Import.pm
index ff5b3f38460fedf8bf0853517ca22923dcf09f05..9555d27c44ef6d3588a2b1761954bddd800375b8 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Import.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Import.pm
@@ -12,12 +12,13 @@ use PublicInbox::Spawn qw(spawn);
 use PublicInbox::MID qw(mid_mime mid2path);
 
 sub new {
-	my ($class, $git, $name, $email) = @_;
+	my ($class, $git, $name, $email, $inbox) = @_;
 	bless {
 		git => $git,
 		ident => "$name <$email>",
 		mark => 1,
 		ref => 'refs/heads/master',
+		inbox => $inbox,
 	}, $class
 }
 
@@ -237,7 +238,8 @@ 		$? == 0 or die "failed to update-server-info: $?\n";
 
 		eval {
 			require PublicInbox::SearchIdx;
-			my $s = PublicInbox::SearchIdx->new($git_dir);
+			my $inbox = $self->{inbox} || $git_dir;
+			my $s = PublicInbox::SearchIdx->new($inbox);
 			$s->index_sync({ ref => $self->{ref} });
 		};
 	}
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/WatchMaildir.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/WatchMaildir.pm
index 145b363689ee7aa42c292f99c15798a404b7ff24..f34419a399005b6bbbfb7bbb27cb9a22442519fe 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/WatchMaildir.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/WatchMaildir.pm
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ 	my $im = $inbox->{-import} ||= eval {
 		my $git = $inbox->git;
 		my $name = $inbox->{name};
 		my $addr = $inbox->{-primary_address};
-		PublicInbox::Import->new($git, $name, $addr);
+		PublicInbox::Import->new($git, $name, $addr, $inbox);
 	};
 	$self->{importers}->{"$im"} = $im;
 }