diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index a050e9cd0..6aa76bfb8 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ CLEANFILES += Shell-0.1.gir
 # The dependency on libgnome-shell.la here is because g-ir-compiler opens it
 # (not the fake library, since we've already done the rewriting)
 Shell-0.1.typelib: libgnome-shell.la Shell-0.1.gir Big-1.0.gir
-	LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+$$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:}. g-ir-compiler --includedir=$(builddir) --includedir=$(MUTTER_LIB_DIR)/mutter/ Shell-0.1.gir -o $@
+	LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+$$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:}. g-ir-compiler --includedir=. --includedir=$(MUTTER_LIB_DIR)/mutter/ Shell-0.1.gir -o $@
 CLEANFILES += Shell-0.1.typelib
 
 Tidy-1.0.gir: $(mutter) $(G_IR_SCANNER) libgnome-shell.la libtidy-1.0.la Makefile