diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index fe820113ad..45e1c1f8c8 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+5163.	[cleanup]	Out-of-tree builds failed --enable-dnstap. [GL #836]
+
 5162.	[cleanup]	Improve dnssec-keymgr manual. Thanks to Tony Finch.
 			[GL !1518]
 
diff --git a/lib/dns/Makefile.in b/lib/dns/Makefile.in
index 7a182f143d..eb3346af2c 100644
--- a/lib/dns/Makefile.in
+++ b/lib/dns/Makefile.in
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ ${OBJS}: include
 dnstap.@O@: dnstap.c dnstap.pb-c.c
 
 dnstap.pb-c.c dnstap.pb-c.h include/dns/dnstap.pb-c.h: dnstap.proto
-	$(PROTOC_C) --c_out=. dnstap.proto
+	$(PROTOC_C) --c_out=. --proto_path ${srcdir} dnstap.proto
 	cp -f dnstap.pb-c.h include/dns
 
 dnstap.pb-c.@O@: dnstap.pb-c.c