diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/gpm/gpm_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/gpm/gpm_git.bb
index 25e5414a35..a066488649 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/gpm/gpm_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/gpm/gpm_git.bb
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ inherit autotools-brokensep update-rc.d systemd texinfo
 INITSCRIPT_NAME = "gpm"
 INITSCRIPT_PARAMS = "defaults"
 
+# Avoid line statements with bison/yacc
+# ERROR: lib32-gpm-1.99.7+gite82d1a653ca94aa4ed12441424da6ce780b1e530-r0 do_package_qa: QA Issue: File /usr/src/debug/lib32-gpm/1.99.7+gite82d1a653ca94aa4ed12441424da6ce780b1e530/src/prog/gpm-root.c in package lib32-gpm-src contains reference to TMPDIR [buildpaths]
+EXTRA_OEMAKE = "YFLAGS='-l'"
+
 do_configure:prepend() {
     (cd ${S};./autogen.sh;cd -)
 }