diff --git a/srcpkgs/gnome-online-accounts/template b/srcpkgs/gnome-online-accounts/template
index 6f56ccd0b2b..3cd82a35c05 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gnome-online-accounts/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gnome-online-accounts/template
@@ -26,7 +26,12 @@ fi
 
 pre_configure() {
 	autoreconf -if
-	export CFLAGS+=" -I$PWD/telepathy-account-widgets"
+}
+
+post_configure() {
+	# Fixup include path for telepathy-account-widgets
+	find -name Makefile -exec sed -i "{}" \
+		-e "s;-I.*/telepathy-account-widgets;-I${wrksrc}/telepathy-account-widgets;g" \;
 }
 
 gnome-online-accounts-devel_package() {