diff --git a/meta/packages/xorg-lib/libx11_1.1.4.bb b/meta/packages/xorg-lib/libx11_1.1.4.bb
index 492cc4106b..63555dada7 100644
--- a/meta/packages/xorg-lib/libx11_1.1.4.bb
+++ b/meta/packages/xorg-lib/libx11_1.1.4.bb
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@ EXTRA_OECONF += "--without-xcb --with-keysymdef=${STAGING_INCDIR}/X11/keysymdef.
 do_compile() {
 	(
 		unset CC LD CXX CCLD CFLAGS CPPFLAGS LDFLAGS CXXFLAGS
+		cd src/util; 
 		mv makekeys.c.orig makekeys.c || true
-		cd src/util; touch makekeys-makekeys.o ; ${BUILD_CC} ${BUILD_CFLAGS} -I${STAGING_INCDIR_NATIVE} makekeys.c -o makekeys
+		touch makekeys-makekeys.o ; ${BUILD_CC} ${BUILD_CFLAGS} -I${STAGING_INCDIR_NATIVE} makekeys.c -o makekeys
 		# mv to stop it getting rebuilt
 		mv makekeys.c makekeys.c.orig
 		cd ../../