diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/cups/cups.inc b/meta/recipes-extended/cups/cups.inc
index 9c920bb133..b8b655a4fb 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/cups/cups.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/cups/cups.inc
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ EXTRA_OECONF = " \
 EXTRA_AUTORECONF += "--exclude=autoheader"
 
 do_install () {
-	oe_runmake "DESTDIR=${D}" install
+	oe_runmake "BUILDROOT=${D}" install
 
 	# Remove /var/run from package as cupsd will populate it on startup
 	rm -fr ${D}/${localstatedir}/run