diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/iputils/iputils_s20190709.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/iputils/iputils_s20190709.bb
index 34a6c68260..d8f2470d0c 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/iputils/iputils_s20190709.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/iputils/iputils_s20190709.bb
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ PACKAGECONFIG[docs] = "-DBUILD_HTML_MANS=true -DBUILD_MANS=true,-DBUILD_HTML_MAN
 
 inherit meson update-alternatives
 
-EXTRA_OEMESON += "--prefix=/"
+EXTRA_OEMESON += "--prefix=${root_prefix}/"
 
 ALTERNATIVE_PRIORITY = "100"