diff --git a/src/oebuild/local_conf.py b/src/oebuild/local_conf.py
index 0aa2238f486b337a77ba947f893413db5784d34f..693353c2ca198089653c89daef577d6ef2681209 100644
--- a/src/oebuild/local_conf.py
+++ b/src/oebuild/local_conf.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ def get_nativesdk_sysroot(nativesdk_dir = oebuild_util.NATIVESDK_DIR):
         if ret is not None:
             abs_path = os.path.join(sysroot_dir, item)
             if os.path.isdir(abs_path):
-                return item
+                return os.path.join("sysroot", item)
     logger.error("can not find any sysroot directory")
     sys.exit(1)