diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-multimedia/mplayer/mpv_0.35.1.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-multimedia/mplayer/mpv_0.35.1.bb
index cfb461a4c3..0f50a6e8fe 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-multimedia/mplayer/mpv_0.35.1.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-multimedia/mplayer/mpv_0.35.1.bb
@@ -98,6 +98,10 @@ EXTRA_OECONF = " \
     ${PACKAGECONFIG_CONFARGS} \
 "
 
+do_configure:append() {
+    sed -i -e 's#${WORKDIR}#<WORKDIR>#g' ${B}/config.h
+}
+
 link_waf() {
     ln -s waf-2.0.25 ${S}/waf
 }