1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
index 58d0c206b7..47d2171775 100644
--- a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
@@ -339,7 +339,8 @@ HGDIR = "${CO_DIR}/hg"
 STAMPS_DIR ?= "${TMPDIR}/stamps"
 STAMP = "${STAMPS_DIR}/${MULTIMACH_TARGET_SYS}/${PN}/${EXTENDPE}${PV}-${PR}"
 STAMPCLEAN = "${STAMPS_DIR}/${MULTIMACH_TARGET_SYS}/${PN}/*-*"
-WORKDIR = "${TMPDIR}/work/${MULTIMACH_TARGET_SYS}/${PN}/${EXTENDPE}${PV}-${PR}"
+BASE_WORKDIR ?= "${TMPDIR}/work"
+WORKDIR = "${BASE_WORKDIR}/${MULTIMACH_TARGET_SYS}/${PN}/${EXTENDPE}${PV}-${PR}"
 T = "${WORKDIR}/temp"
 D = "${WORKDIR}/image"
 S = "${WORKDIR}/${BP}"