diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/lm_sensors/lmsensors-config_1.0.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/lm_sensors/lmsensors-config_1.0.bb
index 343971f1a4..fe2f4995f6 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/lm_sensors/lmsensors-config_1.0.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/lm_sensors/lmsensors-config_1.0.bb
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ SRC_URI = "file://fancontrol \
            file://sensord.conf \
            file://sensors.conf \
 "
+S = "${WORKDIR}"
 
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-dev = ""