diff --git a/mkfiles.pl b/mkfiles.pl
index c789d92f..d595e535 100755
--- a/mkfiles.pl
+++ b/mkfiles.pl
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ sub findfile {
     $i = 0;
     foreach $dir (@srcdirs) {
       $outdir = $dir, $i++ if -f "$dir$name";
+      $outdir=~s/^\.\///;
     }
     die "multiple instances of source file $name\n" if $i > 1;
     $findfilecache{$name} = $outdir . $name;