diff --git a/meta/classes/package.bbclass b/meta/classes/package.bbclass
index 8b11fdd155..2950218145 100644
--- a/meta/classes/package.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/package.bbclass
@@ -636,6 +636,13 @@ def copydebugsources(debugsrcdir, sources, d):
         # Same check as above for externalsrc
         if workdir not in sdir:
             if os.path.exists(dvar + debugsrcdir + sdir):
+                # Special case for /build since we need to move into
+                # /usr/src/debug/build so rename sdir to build.build
+                if sdir.find("/build") == 0:
+                    cmd = "mv %s%s%s %s%s%s" % (dvar, debugsrcdir, "/build", dvar, debugsrcdir, "/build.build")
+                    subprocess.check_output(cmd, shell=True, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+                    sdir = sdir.replace("/build", "/build.build", 1)
+
                 cmd = "mv %s%s%s/* %s%s" % (dvar, debugsrcdir, sdir, dvar,debugsrcdir)
                 subprocess.check_output(cmd, shell=True, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)