--- sip-4.16.3/configure.py.orig	2014-09-11 19:12:51.000000000 +0200
+++ sip-4.16.3/configure.py	2014-10-27 17:54:50.981640566 +0100
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 sip_sip_dir = ''
 sysroot = ''
 src_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+build_dir = os.getcwd()
 sip_module_base = None
 build_platform = None
 
--- sip-4.16.3/siputils.py.orig	2014-09-07 17:30:09.000000000 +0200
+++ sip-4.16.3/siputils.py	2014-10-27 22:19:01.287642057 +0100
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@
     def __init__(self, configuration, console=0, qt=0, opengl=0, python=0,
                  threaded=0, warnings=1, debug=0, dir=None,
                  makefile="Makefile", installs=None, universal=None,
-                 arch=None, deployment_target=None):
+                 arch=None, deployment_target=None, src_dir=None):
         """Initialise an instance of the target.  All the macros are left
         unchanged allowing scripts to manipulate them at will.
 
@@ -264,8 +264,11 @@
         else:
             self.dir = os.path.curdir
 
-        # Assume we are building in the source tree.
-        self._src_dir = self.dir
+        if src_dir is not None:
+            self._src_dir = src_dir
+        else:
+            # Assume we are building in the source tree.
+            self._src_dir = self.dir
 
         if universal is None:
             self._universal = configuration.universal
@@ -381,6 +381,8 @@
         defines.extend(self.optional_list("DEFINES"))
 
         incdir = _UniqueList(["."])
+        if self.dir != self._src_dir:
+            incdir.append(self._src_dir)
         incdir.extend(self.extra_include_dirs)
         incdir.extend(self.optional_list("INCDIR"))
 
@@ -1029,7 +1031,8 @@
         else:
             if os.path.isabs(filename):
                 # We appear to be building out of the source tree.
-                self._src_dir = os.path.dirname(filename)
+                if self._src_dir == self.dir:
+                    self._src_dir = os.path.dirname(filename)
                 bfname = filename
             else:
                 bfname = os.path.join(self.dir, filename)
@@ -1465,7 +1471,7 @@
                  console=0, qt=0, opengl=0, threaded=0, warnings=1, debug=0,
                  dir=None, makefile="Makefile", installs=None, strip=1,
                  export_all=0, universal=None, arch=None,
-                 deployment_target=None):
+                 deployment_target=None, src_dir=None):
         """Initialise an instance of a module Makefile.
 
         build_file is the file containing the target specific information.  If
@@ -1479,7 +1485,7 @@
         increases the size of the module and slows down module load times but
         may avoid problems with modules that use exceptions.  The default is 0.
         """
-        Makefile.__init__(self, configuration, console, qt, opengl, 1, threaded, warnings, debug, dir, makefile, installs, universal, arch, deployment_target)
+        Makefile.__init__(self, configuration, console, qt, opengl, 1, threaded, warnings, debug, dir, makefile, installs, universal, arch, deployment_target, src_dir)
 
         self._build = self.parse_build_file(build_file)
         self._install_dir = install_dir