diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/mozjs/mozjs_52.8.1.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/mozjs/mozjs_52.8.1.bb
index 29156e5787..fe9698fbf8 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/mozjs/mozjs_52.8.1.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/mozjs/mozjs_52.8.1.bb
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ EXTRA_OEMAKE_task-install += "STATIC_LIBRARY_NAME=js_static"
 
 do_configure() {
     export SHELL="/bin/sh"
+    export TMP="${B}"
     ${S}/js/src/configure ${EXTRA_OECONF}
 }