diff --git a/cli/cli.pro b/cli/cli.pro
index 6e51ce811..ecb2ca539 100644
--- a/cli/cli.pro
+++ b/cli/cli.pro
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ OBJECTS_DIR = temp
 CONFIG += warn_on
 CONFIG -= qt app_bundle
 
+BASEPATH = ../externals/tinyxml/
 include($$PWD/../externals/tinyxml/tinyxml.pri)
 include($$PWD/../lib/lib.pri)
 
diff --git a/externals/tinyxml/tinyxml.pri b/externals/tinyxml/tinyxml.pri
index 78cc6d1d0..8e247f3be 100644
--- a/externals/tinyxml/tinyxml.pri
+++ b/externals/tinyxml/tinyxml.pri
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
-HEADERS += ../externals/tinyxml/tinystr.h \
-           ../externals/tinyxml/tinyxml.h
-SOURCES += ../externals/tinyxml/tinystr.cpp \
-           ../externals/tinyxml/tinyxml.cpp \
-           ../externals/tinyxml/tinyxmlerror.cpp \
-           ../externals/tinyxml/tinyxmlparser.cpp
+HEADERS += $${BASEPATH}tinystr.h \
+           $${BASEPATH}tinyxml.h
+SOURCES += $${BASEPATH}tinystr.cpp \
+           $${BASEPATH}tinyxml.cpp \
+           $${BASEPATH}tinyxmlerror.cpp \
+           $${BASEPATH}tinyxmlparser.cpp