diff --git a/docs/Makefile.am b/docs/Makefile.am
index 5f531ea336..fb53a45cbd 100644
--- a/docs/Makefile.am
+++ b/docs/Makefile.am
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ fig = \
   migration-unmanaged-direct.fig
 
 schemadir = $(pkgdatadir)/schemas
-schema_DATA = $(wildcard schemas/*.rng)
+schema_DATA = $(wildcard $(srcdir)/schemas/*.rng)
 
 EXTRA_DIST=					\
   apibuild.py genaclperms.pl \
diff --git a/examples/Makefile.am b/examples/Makefile.am
index 50fc011885..2adcefb39e 100644
--- a/examples/Makefile.am
+++ b/examples/Makefile.am
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 ## License along with this library.  If not, see
 ## <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-FILTERS = $(wildcard xml/nwfilter/*.xml)
+FILTERS = $(wildcard $(srcdir)/xml/nwfilter/*.xml)
 
 EXTRA_DIST = \
 	apparmor/TEMPLATE.qemu \
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
 	systemtap/events.stp \
 	systemtap/rpc-monitor.stp \
 	$(FILTERS) \
-	$(wildcard xml/storage/*.xml) \
-	$(wildcard xml/test/*.xml)
+	$(wildcard $(srcdir)/xml/storage/*.xml) \
+	$(wildcard $(srcdir)/xml/test/*.xml)
 
 
 INCLUDES = -I$(top_builddir)/include -I$(top_srcdir)/include -I$(top_srcdir) \
diff --git a/include/Makefile.am b/include/Makefile.am
index b3d2bff05a..d6269632a5 100644
--- a/include/Makefile.am
+++ b/include/Makefile.am
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
 
 virincdir = $(includedir)/libvirt
 
-allheaders = $(wildcard libvirt/*.h)
-virinc_HEADERS = $(filter-out libvirt/libvirt-admin.h, $(allheaders))
+allheaders = $(wildcard $(srcdir)/libvirt/*.h)
+virinc_HEADERS = $(filter-out $(srcdir)/libvirt/libvirt-admin.h, $(allheaders))
 
 EXTRA_DIST = libvirt/libvirt-common.h.in