diff --git a/girepository/Makefile.am b/girepository/Makefile.am
index 3c99943..c414652 100644
--- a/girepository/Makefile.am
+++ b/girepository/Makefile.am
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ pygirepository_PYTHON = \
 	btypes.py
 
 pygioverridesdir = $(pkgpyexecdir)/overrides
-pygioverrides_PYTHON = overrides/*.py
+pygioverrides_PYTHON = $(srcdir)/overrides/*.py
 
 # linker flags
 common_ldflags = -module -avoid-version
