1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/lib/bsp/kernel.py b/scripts/lib/bsp/kernel.py
index 360851b205..8b3aa72c9c 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/bsp/kernel.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/bsp/kernel.py
@@ -37,7 +37,12 @@ def find_bblayers(scripts_path):
     """
     Find and return a sanitized list of the layers found in BBLAYERS.
     """
-    bblayers_conf = os.path.join(scripts_path, "../build/conf/bblayers.conf")
+    try:
+        builddir = os.environ["BUILDDIR"]
+    except KeyError:
+        print "BUILDDIR not found, exiting. (Did you forget to source oe-init-build-env?)"
+        sys.exit(1)
+    bblayers_conf = os.path.join(builddir, "conf/bblayers.conf")
 
     layers = []