diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6fc63e4c..a5c38f13 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([
 		 assembler/intel-gen4asm.pc
 		 overlay/Makefile
 		 ],
-		 [chmod +x tools/intel_aubdump])
+		 [chmod +x $(topbuilddir)/tools/intel_aubdump])
 
 AC_OUTPUT