1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/src_distribute_local.bbclass b/meta/classes/src_distribute_local.bbclass
index 5f0cef5bec..31cc85fae4 100644
--- a/meta/classes/src_distribute_local.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/src_distribute_local.bbclass
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+SRC_DISTRIBUTEDIR ?= "${DEPLOY_DIR}/sources"
+
 inherit src_distribute
 
 # SRC_DIST_LOCAL possible values:
@@ -5,7 +7,7 @@ inherit src_distribute
 # symlink       symlinks the files from ${A} to the distributedir
 # move+symlink  moves the files into distributedir, and symlinks them back
 SRC_DIST_LOCAL ?= "move+symlink"
-SRC_DISTRIBUTEDIR ?= "${DEPLOY_DIR}/sources"
+
 SRC_DISTRIBUTECOMMAND () {
         s="${SRC}"
         if [ ! -L "$s" ] && (echo "$s"|grep "^${DL_DIR}"); then