diff --git a/recipes-kde/kf5/tier1/kcodecs/kcodecs.bb b/recipes-kde/kf5/tier1/kcodecs/kcodecs.bb
index 362bf5ce..fac52f5f 100644
--- a/recipes-kde/kf5/tier1/kcodecs/kcodecs.bb
+++ b/recipes-kde/kf5/tier1/kcodecs/kcodecs.bb
@@ -12,3 +12,9 @@ DEPENDS += "gperf-native"
 PV = "${KF5_VERSION}"
 SRC_URI[md5sum] = "71e596b9d9a23fe23db586394e029ad9"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "6cff3e88f9cd623509caad8cc4e20993189fdc5071f9b5c05fbcf58850dabe6c"
+
+do_compile_append() {
+    # gperf-native sets absolut debug comments/links in header
+    sed -i 's:${STAGING_DIR_NATIVE}::' ${B}/src/kentities.h
+}
+