diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/libwebsockets/libwebsockets_4.2.2.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/libwebsockets/libwebsockets_4.2.2.bb
index a5fcb8d..2a3a4eb 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/libwebsockets/libwebsockets_4.2.2.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/libwebsockets/libwebsockets_4.2.2.bb
@@ -41,3 +41,6 @@
 RDEPENDS:${PN} += " ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'libev', '${PN}-evlib-ev', '', d)}"
 
 RDEPENDS:${PN}-dev += " ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'static', '${PN}-staticdev', '', d)}"
+
+# Avoid absolute paths to end up in the sysroot.
+SSTATE_SCAN_FILES += "*.cmake"