diff --git a/meta-yocto/recipes-core/tiny-init/tiny-init.bb b/meta-yocto/recipes-core/tiny-init/tiny-init.bb
index 5d90051b1d..4d4e34dc8b 100644
--- a/meta-yocto/recipes-core/tiny-init/tiny-init.bb
+++ b/meta-yocto/recipes-core/tiny-init/tiny-init.bb
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ SRC_URI = "file://init \
 	   file://rc.local.sample \
 	  "
 
+S = "${WORKDIR}"
+
 do_configure() {
 	:
 }