diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 1a28c7fc..8bd4c973 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ i3-config-parser.stamp: parser/$(dirstamp) generate-command-parser.pl parser-spe
 ################################################################################
 
 anyevent-i3.stamp: AnyEvent-I3/lib/AnyEvent/I3.pm
-	$(AM_V_BUILD) (cd $(top_srcdir)/AnyEvent-I3 && perl Makefile.PL && make)
+	$(AM_V_BUILD) (cp -r $(top_srcdir)/AnyEvent-I3 . && cd AnyEvent-I3 && perl Makefile.PL && make)
 	$(AM_V_at) touch $@
 
 CLEANFILES = \
diff --git a/testcases/complete-run.pl.in b/testcases/complete-run.pl.in
index 96b93bed..b09f687e 100755
--- a/testcases/complete-run.pl.in
+++ b/testcases/complete-run.pl.in
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ use Time::HiRes qw(time);
 use IO::Handle;
 
 # these are shipped with the testsuite
-use lib qw(@abs_top_builddir@/testcases/lib @abs_top_srcdir@/testcases/lib @abs_top_srcdir@/AnyEvent-I3/blib/lib);
+use lib qw(@abs_top_builddir@/testcases/lib @abs_top_srcdir@/testcases/lib @abs_top_builddir@/AnyEvent-I3/blib/lib);
 use i3test::Util qw(slurp);
 use StartXServer;
 use StatusLine;