diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index a98d7d201..1c51be796 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 all:
-	ninja -C build
+	ninja -C @BUILD_ROOT@
 
 install:
-	ninja -C build install
+	ninja -C @BUILD_ROOT@ install
 
 uninstall:
-	ninja -C build uninstall
+	ninja -C @BUILD_ROOT@ uninstall
 
 clean:
-	ninja -C build clean
+	ninja -C @BUILD_ROOT@ clean
 
 run: all
-	SPA_PLUGIN_DIR=build/spa/plugins \
-	PIPEWIRE_MODULE_DIR=build \
-	PIPEWIRE_CONFIG_FILE=build/src/daemon/pipewire.conf \
-	$(DBG) ./build/src/daemon/pipewire
+	SPA_PLUGIN_DIR=@BUILD_ROOT@/spa/plugins \
+	PIPEWIRE_MODULE_DIR=@BUILD_ROOT@ \
+	PIPEWIRE_CONFIG_FILE=@BUILD_ROOT@/src/daemon/pipewire.conf \
+	$(DBG) ./@BUILD_ROOT@/src/daemon/pipewire
 
 gdb:
 	$(MAKE) run DBG=gdb
@@ -23,23 +23,23 @@ valgrind:
 	$(MAKE) run DBG="DISABLE_RTKIT=1 valgrind"
 
 test: all
-	ninja -C build test
+	ninja -C @BUILD_ROOT@ test
 
 benchmark: all
-	ninja -C build benchmark
+	ninja -C @BUILD_ROOT@ benchmark
 
 monitor: all
-	SPA_PLUGIN_DIR=build/spa/plugins \
-	PIPEWIRE_MODULE_DIR=build/src/modules/ \
-	build/src/tools/pipewire-monitor
+	SPA_PLUGIN_DIR=@BUILD_ROOT@/spa/plugins \
+	PIPEWIRE_MODULE_DIR=@BUILD_ROOT@/src/modules/ \
+	@BUILD_ROOT@/src/tools/pipewire-monitor
 
 cli: all
-	SPA_PLUGIN_DIR=build/spa/plugins \
-	PIPEWIRE_MODULE_DIR=build/src/modules/ \
-	build/src/tools/pipewire-cli
+	SPA_PLUGIN_DIR=@BUILD_ROOT@/spa/plugins \
+	PIPEWIRE_MODULE_DIR=@BUILD_ROOT@/src/modules/ \
+	@BUILD_ROOT@/src/tools/pipewire-cli
 
 shell: all
-	ninja -C build uninstalled
+	ninja -C @BUILD_ROOT@ uninstalled
 
 dist: all
 	git archive --prefix=pipewire-@VERSION@/ -o pipewire-@VERSION@.tar.gz @TAG@
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ publish: all
 	git branch -D gh-pages 2>/dev/null || true && \
 	git branch -D draft 2>/dev/null || true && \
 	git checkout -b draft && \
-	git add -f build/doc/html && \
+	git add -f @BUILD_ROOT@/doc/html && \
 	git commit -anm "Deploy on gh-pages" && \
-	git subtree split --prefix build/doc/html -b gh-pages && \
+	git subtree split --prefix @BUILD_ROOT@/doc/html -b gh-pages && \
 	git push --force origin gh-pages:gh-pages && \
 	git checkout work 2>/dev/null
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 2734b0d25..946b6d302 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ configinc = include_directories('.')
 pipewire_inc = include_directories('src')
 
 makedata = configuration_data()
+  makedata.set('BUILD_ROOT', meson.build_root())
   makedata.set('VERSION', pipewire_version)
 if version_arr.length() == 4
   makedata.set('TAG', 'HEAD')