diff --git a/recipes-liri/liri-power-manager/liri-power-manager_git.bb b/recipes-liri/liri-power-manager/liri-power-manager_git.bb
index 939ede88..e4d54d19 100644
--- a/recipes-liri/liri-power-manager/liri-power-manager_git.bb
+++ b/recipes-liri/liri-power-manager/liri-power-manager_git.bb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ DEPENDS += " \
     solid \
 "
 
-EXTRA_OECMAKE = "-DINSTALL_SYSCONFDIR=${sysconfdir}"
+EXTRA_OECMAKE += "-DINSTALL_SYSCONFDIR=${sysconfdir}"
 
 FILES_${PN} += " \
     ${datadir}/liri-settings \