--- /dev/null
+From 231a35e99fee8aba23f18cce21dfb5fa8bef0c36 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
+Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2016 23:07:33 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] build: get rid of sdkdir
+
+Use of sdkdir causes problems during cross-compilation, where the full
+path is then appended to the DESTDIR, leading to host paths being
+appended in the target:
+ https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=8696
+
+Other drivers (e.g. keyboard) got rid of sdkdir. Do the same.
+
+Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
+---
+ Makefile.am | 1 -
+ configure.ac | 9 ---------
+ include/Makefile.am | 4 +++-
+ xorg-synaptics.pc.in | 5 +++--
+ 4 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
+index 678124c..c48c5c8 100644
+--- a/Makefile.am
++++ b/Makefile.am
+@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
+ # During distcheck, system locations (as provided by pkg-config) may
+ # not be writable; provide instead relative locations.
+ DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS = \
+- --with-sdkdir='$${includedir}/xorg' \
+ --with-xorg-conf-dir='$${datadir}/X11/xorg.conf.d'
+
+ SUBDIRS = include src man tools conf
+diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
+index 970dd5f..574353b 100644
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -55,11 +55,6 @@ XORG_DRIVER_CHECK_EXT(RANDR, randrproto)
+ # Obtain compiler/linker options for the Synaptics driver dependencies
+ PKG_CHECK_MODULES(XORG, [inputproto >= 2.1.99.3] [xorg-server >= 1.12] xproto inputproto $REQUIRED_MODULES)
+
+-# X Server SDK location is required to install Synaptics header files
+-# This location is also relayed in the xorg-synaptics.pc file
+-sdkdir=`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=sdkdir xorg-server`
+-AC_SUBST([sdkdir])
+-
+ # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ # Configuration options
+ # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+@@ -154,10 +149,6 @@ if test "x$have_libxtst" = "xyes" ; then
+ fi
+ # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+-# Workaround overriding sdkdir to be able to create a tarball when user has no
+-# write permission in sdkdir. See DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS in Makefile.am
+-AC_ARG_WITH([sdkdir], [], [sdkdir="$withval"])
+-
+ AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile
+ src/Makefile
+ man/Makefile
+diff --git a/include/Makefile.am b/include/Makefile.am
+index 8234020..565868b 100644
+--- a/include/Makefile.am
++++ b/include/Makefile.am
+@@ -18,4 +18,6 @@
+ # IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
+ # CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+
+-sdk_HEADERS = synaptics-properties.h
++# Location formerly known as 'sdkdir'
++xorgincludedir = $(includedir)/xorg
++xorginclude_HEADERS = synaptics-properties.h
+diff --git a/xorg-synaptics.pc.in b/xorg-synaptics.pc.in
+index 159cfbf..68e0fbe 100644
+--- a/xorg-synaptics.pc.in
++++ b/xorg-synaptics.pc.in
+@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+-sdkdir=@sdkdir@
++prefix=@prefix@
++includedir=@includedir@
+
+ Name: synaptics
+ Description: X.Org synaptics input driver.
+ Version: @PACKAGE_VERSION@
+-Cflags: -I${sdkdir}
++Cflags: -I${includedir}/xorg
+--
+2.7.4
+