diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libftdi/libftdi_1.5.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libftdi/libftdi_1.5.bb
index bc5897413f..7f0cfa237c 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libftdi/libftdi_1.5.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libftdi/libftdi_1.5.bb
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ EXTRA_OECMAKE = "-DSTATICLIBS=off -DEXAMPLES=off \
                  -DPYTHON_LIBRARY=${STAGING_LIBDIR}/lib${PYTHON_DIR}${PYTHON_ABI}.so \
                  -DPYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR=${STAGING_INCDIR}/${PYTHON_DIR}${PYTHON_ABI}"
 
+do_install:append() {
+    # remove absolute paths
+    sed -i -e 's|${RECIPE_SYSROOT}||g' ${D}${libdir}/cmake/libftdi1/LibFTDI1Config.cmake
+}
+
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"
 
 PACKAGES =+ "${PN}-python ftdi-eeprom"