diff --git a/meta/conf/distro/defaultsetup.conf b/meta/conf/distro/defaultsetup.conf
index 5557350697..6fc522c101 100644
--- a/meta/conf/distro/defaultsetup.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/distro/defaultsetup.conf
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ include conf/distro/include/default-providers.inc
 include conf/distro/include/default-versions.inc
 include conf/distro/include/default-distrovars.inc
 include conf/distro/include/world-broken.inc
+include conf/distro/include/seperatebuilddir.inc
 
 TCMODE ?= "default"
 require conf/distro/include/tcmode-${TCMODE}.inc