diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/ltrace/ltrace_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/ltrace/ltrace_git.bb
index 149af52dc0..89f760af8f 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/ltrace/ltrace_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/ltrace/ltrace_git.bb
@@ -21,5 +21,5 @@ S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 inherit autotools
 
 do_configure_prepend () {
-	./autogen.sh
+	( cd ${S}; ./autogen.sh )
 }