diff --git a/poky/meta/classes/scons.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes/scons.bbclass
index 4f3ae50..80f8382 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes/scons.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes/scons.bbclass
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
 EXTRA_OESCONS ?= ""
 
 do_configure() {
-	if [ -n "${CONFIGURESTAMPFILE}" ]; then
+	if [ -n "${CONFIGURESTAMPFILE}" -a "${S}" = "${B}" ]; then
 		if [ -e "${CONFIGURESTAMPFILE}" -a "`cat ${CONFIGURESTAMPFILE}`" != "${BB_TASKHASH}" -a "${CLEANBROKEN}" != "1" ]; then
-			${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/scons --clean PREFIX=${prefix} prefix=${prefix} ${EXTRA_OESCONS}
+			${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/scons --directory=${S} --clean PREFIX=${prefix} prefix=${prefix} ${EXTRA_OESCONS}
 		fi
 
 		mkdir -p `dirname ${CONFIGURESTAMPFILE}`
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@
 }
 
 scons_do_compile() {
-	${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/scons ${PARALLEL_MAKE} PREFIX=${prefix} prefix=${prefix} ${EXTRA_OESCONS} || \
+	${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/scons --directory=${S} ${PARALLEL_MAKE} PREFIX=${prefix} prefix=${prefix} ${EXTRA_OESCONS} || \
 	die "scons build execution failed."
 }
 
 scons_do_install() {
-	${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/scons install_root=${D}${prefix} PREFIX=${prefix} prefix=${prefix} ${EXTRA_OESCONS} install || \
+	${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/scons --directory=${S} install_root=${D}${prefix} PREFIX=${prefix} prefix=${prefix} ${EXTRA_OESCONS} install || \
 	die "scons install execution failed."
 }