diff --git a/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/vala/vala.inc b/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/vala/vala.inc
index 90e0b77..974baa3 100644
--- a/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/vala/vala.inc
+++ b/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/vala/vala.inc
@@ -60,3 +60,9 @@
 }
 
 SSTATE_SCAN_FILES += "vapigen-wrapper"
+
+PACKAGE_PREPROCESS_FUNCS += "vala_package_preprocess"
+
+vala_package_preprocess () {
+	sed -i -e 's:${RECIPE_SYSROOT}::g;' ${PKGD}${bindir}/vapigen-wrapper
+}