diff --git a/clutter/clutter/Makefile.am b/clutter/clutter/Makefile.am
index ed486441c..c222d2ec8 100644
--- a/clutter/clutter/Makefile.am
+++ b/clutter/clutter/Makefile.am
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ AM_CPPFLAGS = \
 	-I$(top_builddir)/clutter		\
 	-I$(top_srcdir)/../cogl			\
 	-I$(top_builddir)/../cogl		\
+	-I$(top_builddir)/../cogl/cogl		\
 	$(CLUTTER_DEPRECATED_CFLAGS)		\
 	$(CLUTTER_DEBUG_CFLAGS)			\
 	$(CLUTTER_HIDDEN_VISIBILITY_CFLAGS)	\
diff --git a/clutter/tests/conform/Makefile.am b/clutter/tests/conform/Makefile.am
index 69e5dd432..a9e62bd70 100644
--- a/clutter/tests/conform/Makefile.am
+++ b/clutter/tests/conform/Makefile.am
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ AM_CPPFLAGS = \
 	-DG_LOG_DOMAIN=\"Clutter-Conform\"	\
 	-I$(top_srcdir)/../cogl                 \
 	-I$(top_builddir)/../cogl               \
+	-I$(top_builddir)/../cogl/cogl          \
 	-I$(top_srcdir) 			\
 	-I$(top_builddir)			\
 	-DCOGL_DISABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS	\
diff --git a/cogl/tests/micro-perf/Makefile.am b/cogl/tests/micro-perf/Makefile.am
index 5462f7973..c2cb1a171 100644
--- a/cogl/tests/micro-perf/Makefile.am
+++ b/cogl/tests/micro-perf/Makefile.am
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ NULL =
 
 AM_CPPFLAGS = \
 	-I$(top_srcdir) \
+	-I$(top_builddir)/cogl \
 	-DCOGL_DISABLE_DEPRECATED
 
 test_conformance_CPPFLAGS = \
diff --git a/src/compositor/plugins/Makefile.am b/src/compositor/plugins/Makefile.am
index f3e2d575d..99ed08d99 100644
--- a/src/compositor/plugins/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/compositor/plugins/Makefile.am
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ AM_CPPFLAGS = \
 	-I$(top_srcdir)/src						\
 	-I$(top_srcdir)/cogl						\
 	-I$(top_builddir)/cogl						\
+	-I$(top_builddir)/cogl/cogl					\
 	-I$(top_srcdir)/clutter						\
 	-I$(top_builddir)/clutter					\
 	-I$(top_builddir)/clutter/clutter				\