diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/gcab/gcab_1.6.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/gcab/gcab_1.6.bb
index 4278fc9453..49c64f0ba6 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/gcab/gcab_1.6.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/gcab/gcab_1.6.bb
@@ -22,3 +22,6 @@ PACKAGECONFIG[nls] = "-Dnls=true,-Dnls=false"
 PACKAGECONFIG[tests] = "-Dtests=true -Dinstalled_tests=true,-Dtests=false -Dinstalled_tests=false"
 
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"
+
+# meson embeds absolute paths to generated files on purpose
+INSANE_SKIP:gcab-src += "buildpaths"