diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-h5py_3.8.0.bb b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-h5py_3.8.0.bb
index 75a41e29dc..3436444695 100644
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-h5py_3.8.0.bb
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-h5py_3.8.0.bb
@@ -21,6 +21,16 @@ DEPENDS = "python3-pkgconfig-native \
            hdf5 \
           "
 
+PACKAGESPLITFUNCS =+ "fix_cythonized_sources"
+
+fix_cythonized_sources() {
+	for f in `grep -l -r -e '\/* Generated by Cython.*/$' ${PKGD}/usr/src/debug/${PN}/${EXTENDPE}${PV}-${PR}`; do
+		if [ -e $f ]; then
+			sed -i -e 's#${RECIPE_SYSROOT_NATIVE}##g' $f
+		fi
+	done
+}
+
 RDEPENDS:${PN} = "python3-numpy \
                   python3-six \
                   python3-json \