diff --git a/src/Makefile.utils b/src/Makefile.utils
index c0f723298e9..f7ce508e179 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.utils
+++ b/src/Makefile.utils
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 UTIL_NAME=$(NAME)
 
 # default path to the core makefiles
-COREPATH ?=../..
+COREPATH ?=../../src
 
 ALLDEP=Makefile $(COREPATH)/Makefile.sources $(COREPATH)/Makefile.rules \
  $(COREPATH)/Makefile.utils $(COREPATH)/Makefile.dirs $(COREPATH)/config.mak