diff --git a/src/Makefile_Ector.am b/src/Makefile_Ector.am
index be340cfa3f..f6fe1e1aa0 100644
--- a/src/Makefile_Ector.am
+++ b/src/Makefile_Ector.am
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ lib_ector_libector_la_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_builddir)/src/lib/efl \
 -I$(top_builddir)/src/lib/ector \
 -I$(top_builddir)/src/lib/ector/cairo \
 -I$(top_builddir)/src/lib/ector/software \
--I$(top_builddir)/src/static_libs/freetype \
+-I$(top_srcdir)/src/static_libs/freetype \
 @ECTOR_CFLAGS@ \
 -DPACKAGE_BIN_DIR=\"$(bindir)\" \
 -DPACKAGE_LIB_DIR=\"$(libdir)\" \