diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 01e816af88d1302b680aef7fad1cbd0ef1b8dbb9..d5dd9fbf73774d64da7d540424d01c3c9404b01e 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ INCLUDES =	-I../gnulib/lib					\
 		-I../include					\
 		-I$(top_srcdir)/include				\
 		-I$(srcdir)/util				\
-		-I$(builddir)/util				\
+		-I./util					\
 		-DIN_LIBVIRT					\
 		-Dabs_topbuilddir="\"$(abs_topbuilddir)\""	\
 		-Dabs_topsrcdir="\"$(abs_topsrcdir)\""		\