diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/lshw/lshw_02.20.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/lshw/lshw_02.20.bb
index 95e2084255..2f1367341a 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/lshw/lshw_02.20.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/lshw/lshw_02.20.bb
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@ EXTRA_OEMAKE = "${PACKAGECONFIG_CONFARGS} RPM_OPT_FLAGS='${CFLAGS}'"
 
 do_compile() {
     # build core only - don't ship gui
-    oe_runmake -C src core
+    oe_runmake -C src SBINDIR=${sbindir} core
 }
 
 do_install() {
-    oe_runmake install DESTDIR=${D}
+    oe_runmake install DESTDIR=${D} SBINDIR=${sbindir}
 }
 
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"