diff --git a/dev-util/trace-cmd/trace-cmd-2.8.2-r1.ebuild b/dev-util/trace-cmd/trace-cmd-2.8.2-r1.ebuild
index 5fdce8d46d5..3b808231f73 100644
--- a/dev-util/trace-cmd/trace-cmd-2.8.2-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/trace-cmd/trace-cmd-2.8.2-r1.ebuild
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ pkg_setup() {
 
 src_configure() {
 	EMAKE_FLAGS=(
+		BUILD_OUTPUT="${WORKDIR}/${P}_build"
 		"prefix=${EPREFIX}/usr"
 		"libdir=${EPREFIX}/usr/$(get_libdir)"
 		"CC=$(tc-getCC)"