diff --git a/src/examples/edje/edje-swallow2.c b/src/examples/edje/edje-swallow2.c
index fe3f95632d..c393ad811c 100644
--- a/src/examples/edje/edje-swallow2.c
+++ b/src/examples/edje/edje-swallow2.c
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@
 #define PACKAGE_DATA_DIR "."
 #endif
 
+#ifndef PACKAGE_SOURCE_DATA_DIR
+#define PACKAGE_SOURCE_DATA_DIR "."
+#endif
+
+
 #include <Ecore.h>
 #include <Ecore_Evas.h>
 #include <Edje.h>
@@ -36,7 +41,7 @@ int
 main(int argc EINA_UNUSED, char *argv[] EINA_UNUSED)
 {
    const char  *edje_file = PACKAGE_DATA_DIR"/swallow.edj";
-   const char  *img_file = PACKAGE_DATA_DIR"/bubble.png";
+   const char  *img_file = PACKAGE_SOURCE_DATA_DIR"/bubble.png";
    Ecore_Evas  *ee;
    Evas        *evas;
    Evas_Object *bg;
diff --git a/src/examples/edje/meson.build b/src/examples/edje/meson.build
index d73c83a199..a77d9f26fa 100644
--- a/src/examples/edje/meson.build
+++ b/src/examples/edje/meson.build
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ foreach edje_example : edje_examples
   executable(edje_example,
     [edje_example + '.c'] +  themes,
     dependencies: [edje, ecore_evas],
-    c_args: ['-DPACKAGE_DATA_DIR="'+ meson.current_build_dir()+'"',]
+    c_args: ['-DPACKAGE_DATA_DIR="'+ meson.current_build_dir()+'"',
+             '-DPACKAGE_SOURCE_DATA_DIR="'+ meson.current_source_dir()+'"',]
   )
 endforeach