diff --git a/recipes/wip/libs/cairomm-1.16+/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/libs/cairomm-1.16+/recipe.toml
index d0c90e71d..b0077bb6f 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/libs/cairomm-1.16+/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/libs/cairomm-1.16+/recipe.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "cairo",
 ]
 script = """
+rsync -av --delete "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/"
 ./autogen.sh
 cookbook_configure
 """