diff --git a/yocto-poky/meta/recipes-extended/wget/wget.inc b/yocto-poky/meta/recipes-extended/wget/wget.inc
index 049b898..dc381a6 100644
--- a/yocto-poky/meta/recipes-extended/wget/wget.inc
+++ b/yocto-poky/meta/recipes-extended/wget/wget.inc
@@ -22,3 +22,8 @@
 
 PACKAGECONFIG ??= ""
 PACKAGECONFIG[libuuid] = "--with-libuuid, --without-libuuid,util-linux"
+
+# Let aclocal use the relative path for the m4 file rather than
+# absolute, otherwise there might be an "Argument list too long" error
+# when it is built in a long/deep directory.
+acpaths = "-I ./m4"