diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 0380f6c..c886d3a 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 	$(AM_V_GEN)$(PYTHON) ${PDMGEN} \
 		-t generated.mako.hpp \
 		-p "${TEMPLATESEARCH}" \
-		-d ${srcdir}/example \
+		-d $(YAML_PATH) \
 		-o ${builddir}/$@ \
 		generate-cpp