diff --git a/programs/ssl/CMakeLists.txt b/programs/ssl/CMakeLists.txt
index 1460aa97c..b3ef4f8e9 100644
--- a/programs/ssl/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/programs/ssl/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ add_executable(ssl_client1 ssl_client1.c)
 target_link_libraries(ssl_client1 ${libs})
 
 add_executable(ssl_client2 ssl_client2.c)
-target_sources(ssl_client2 PUBLIC query_config.c)
+target_sources(ssl_client2 PUBLIC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/query_config.c)
 target_link_libraries(ssl_client2 ${libs})
 
 add_executable(ssl_fork_server ssl_fork_server.c)
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ add_executable(ssl_server ssl_server.c)
 target_link_libraries(ssl_server ${libs})
 
 add_executable(ssl_server2 ssl_server2.c)
-target_sources(ssl_server2 PUBLIC query_config.c)
+target_sources(ssl_server2 PUBLIC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/query_config.c)
 target_link_libraries(ssl_server2 ${libs})
 
 if(THREADS_FOUND)
diff --git a/programs/test/CMakeLists.txt b/programs/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 282ef58aa..5feb31773 100644
--- a/programs/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/programs/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ add_executable(zeroize zeroize.c)
 target_link_libraries(zeroize ${libs})
 
 add_executable(query_compile_time_config query_compile_time_config.c)
-target_sources(query_compile_time_config PUBLIC ../ssl/query_config.c)
+target_sources(query_compile_time_config PUBLIC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../ssl/query_config.c)
 target_link_libraries(query_compile_time_config ${libs})
 
 install(TARGETS selftest benchmark udp_proxy query_compile_time_config