diff --git a/packages/3rdparty/multimedia/vdr-plugin-dvbapi/build b/packages/3rdparty/multimedia/vdr-plugin-dvbapi/build
index 4a0d02b716..a0dd55baa4 100755
--- a/packages/3rdparty/multimedia/vdr-plugin-dvbapi/build
+++ b/packages/3rdparty/multimedia/vdr-plugin-dvbapi/build
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -fPIC"
 
 cd $PKG_BUILD
   make VDRDIR="../$VDR_DIR" \
+       VDRSRC="../$VDR_DIR" \
        LIBDIR="." \
        LOCALEDIR="./locale" \
        CSAFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wall -fomit-frame-pointer -fexpensive-optimizations -funroll-loops"