diff --git a/meta/classes/package.bbclass b/meta/classes/package.bbclass
index 67351b2510..07bf5eb426 100644
--- a/meta/classes/package.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/package.bbclass
@@ -574,26 +574,16 @@ def copydebugsources(debugsrcdir, sources, d):
         objcopy = d.getVar("OBJCOPY")
         workdir = d.getVar("WORKDIR")
         sdir = d.getVar("S")
-        sparentdir = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(sdir))
-        sbasedir = os.path.basename(os.path.dirname(sdir)) + "/" + os.path.basename(sdir)
-        workparentdir = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(workdir))
-        workbasedir = os.path.basename(os.path.dirname(workdir)) + "/" + os.path.basename(workdir)
-
-        # If S isnt based on WORKDIR we can infer our sources are located elsewhere,
-        # e.g. using externalsrc; use S as base for our dirs
-        if workdir in sdir or 'work-shared' in sdir:
-            basedir = workbasedir
-            parentdir = workparentdir
-        else:
-            basedir = sbasedir
-            parentdir = sparentdir
+        cflags = d.expand("${CFLAGS}")
 
-        # If build path exists in sourcefile, it means toolchain did not use
-        # -fdebug-prefix-map to compile
-        if checkbuildpath(sourcefile, d):
-            localsrc_prefix = parentdir + "/"
-        else:
-            localsrc_prefix = "/usr/src/debug/"
+        prefixmap = {}
+        for flag in cflags.split():
+            if not flag.startswith("-fdebug-prefix-map"):
+                continue
+            if "recipe-sysroot" in flag:
+                continue
+            flag = flag.split("=")
+            prefixmap[flag[1]] = flag[2]
 
         nosuchdir = []
         basepath = dvar
@@ -604,28 +594,26 @@ def copydebugsources(debugsrcdir, sources, d):
         bb.utils.mkdirhier(basepath)
         cpath.updatecache(basepath)
 
-        # Ignore files from the recipe sysroots (target and native)
-        processdebugsrc =  "LC_ALL=C ; sort -z -u '%s' | egrep -v -z '((<internal>|<built-in>)$|/.*recipe-sysroot.*/)' | "
-        # We need to ignore files that are not actually ours
-        # we do this by only paying attention to items from this package
-        processdebugsrc += "fgrep -zw '%s' | "
-        # Remove prefix in the source paths
-        processdebugsrc += "sed 's#%s##g' | "
-        processdebugsrc += "(cd '%s' ; cpio -pd0mlL --no-preserve-owner '%s%s' 2>/dev/null)"
-
-        cmd = processdebugsrc % (sourcefile, basedir, localsrc_prefix, parentdir, dvar, debugsrcdir)
-        try:
-            subprocess.check_output(cmd, shell=True, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
-        except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
-            # Can "fail" if internal headers/transient sources are attempted
-            pass
-
-        # cpio seems to have a bug with -lL together and symbolic links are just copied, not dereferenced.
-        # Work around this by manually finding and copying any symbolic links that made it through.
-        cmd = "find %s%s -type l -print0 -delete | sed s#%s%s/##g | (cd '%s' ; cpio -pd0mL --no-preserve-owner '%s%s')" % \
-                (dvar, debugsrcdir, dvar, debugsrcdir, parentdir, dvar, debugsrcdir)
-        subprocess.check_output(cmd, shell=True, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+        for pmap in prefixmap:
+            # Ignore files from the recipe sysroots (target and native)
+            cmd =  "LC_ALL=C ; sort -z -u '%s' | egrep -v -z '((<internal>|<built-in>)$|/.*recipe-sysroot.*/)' | " % sourcefile
+            # We need to ignore files that are not actually ours
+            # we do this by only paying attention to items from this package
+            cmd += "fgrep -zw '%s' | " % prefixmap[pmap]
+            # Remove prefix in the source paths
+            cmd += "sed 's#%s/##g' | " % (prefixmap[pmap])
+            cmd += "(cd '%s' ; cpio -pd0mlL --no-preserve-owner '%s%s' 2>/dev/null)" % (pmap, dvar, prefixmap[pmap])
 
+            try:
+                subprocess.check_output(cmd, shell=True, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+            except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
+                # Can "fail" if internal headers/transient sources are attempted
+                pass
+            # cpio seems to have a bug with -lL together and symbolic links are just copied, not dereferenced.
+            # Work around this by manually finding and copying any symbolic links that made it through.
+            cmd = "find %s%s -type l -print0 -delete | sed s#%s%s/##g | (cd '%s' ; cpio -pd0mL --no-preserve-owner '%s%s')" % \
+                    (dvar, prefixmap[pmap], dvar, prefixmap[pmap], pmap, dvar, prefixmap[pmap])
+            subprocess.check_output(cmd, shell=True, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
 
         # debugsources.list may be polluted from the host if we used externalsrc,
         # cpio uses copy-pass and may have just created a directory structure