diff --git a/lib/build_OID_registry b/lib/build_OID_registry
index d7fc32ea8ac2..56d8bafeb848 100755
--- a/lib/build_OID_registry
+++ b/lib/build_OID_registry
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #
 
 use strict;
+use Cwd qw(abs_path);
 
 my @names = ();
 my @oids = ();
@@ -17,6 +18,8 @@ if ($#ARGV != 1) {
     exit(2);
 }
 
+my $abs_srctree = abs_path($ENV{'srctree'});
+
 #
 # Open the file to read from
 #
@@ -35,7 +38,7 @@ close IN_FILE || die;
 #
 open C_FILE, ">$ARGV[1]" or die;
 print C_FILE "/*\n";
-print C_FILE " * Automatically generated by ", $0, ".  Do not edit\n";
+print C_FILE " * Automatically generated by ", $0 =~ s#^\Q$abs_srctree/\E##r, ".  Do not edit\n";
 print C_FILE " */\n";
 
 #