diff --git a/app-vim/extra-syntax/extra-syntax-4-r1.ebuild b/app-vim/extra-syntax/extra-syntax-4-r1.ebuild
index c3b7fc0f9ac53..45eef56e98369 100644
--- a/app-vim/extra-syntax/extra-syntax-4-r1.ebuild
+++ b/app-vim/extra-syntax/extra-syntax-4-r1.ebuild
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ RDEPEND="
 	app-vim/xquery-syntax
 	app-vim/xsl-syntax"
 
+S=${WORKDIR}
+
 src_install() {
 	:
 }