diff --git a/scripts/dkms.mkconf b/scripts/dkms.mkconf
index 62caa4bac8..ecdee717f6 100755
--- a/scripts/dkms.mkconf
+++ b/scripts/dkms.mkconf
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ PACKAGE_CONFIG="${pkgcfg}"
 PRE_BUILD="configure
   --prefix=/usr
   --with-config=kernel
+  --with-linux=\${kernel_source_dir}
+  --with-linux-obj=\${kernel_source_dir}
   --with-spl=\${dkms_tree}/spl/\${PACKAGE_VERSION}/build
   --with-spl-obj=\${dkms_tree}/spl/\${PACKAGE_VERSION}/\${kernelver}/\${arch}
   --with-spl-timeout=300