diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-protocols/openflow/openflow.inc b/meta-networking/recipes-protocols/openflow/openflow.inc
index 43af54ea59..1a226f82ca 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-protocols/openflow/openflow.inc
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-protocols/openflow/openflow.inc
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ PACKAGECONFIG[openssl] = "--enable-ssl,--disable-ssl, openssl, libssl"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
-inherit autotools
+inherit autotools-brokensep
 
 do_configure() {
     ./boot.sh