diff --git a/Lib/distutils/ccompiler.py b/Lib/distutils/ccompiler.py
index 53901b3362a..5e0b328042e 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/ccompiler.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/ccompiler.py
@@ -366,6 +366,7 @@ class CCompiler:
         """
         # Get the list of expected output (object) files 
         objects = self.object_filenames (sources,
+                                         strip_dir=1,
                                          output_dir=output_dir)
 
         if self.force: