diff --git a/externals/externals.pri b/externals/externals.pri
index e9c6cf5c1..7f0be8de3 100644
--- a/externals/externals.pri
+++ b/externals/externals.pri
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-INCLUDEPATH += $${PWD}/simplecpp \
+INCLUDEPATH += $${PWD} \
+               $${PWD}/simplecpp \
                $${PWD}/tinyxml
 
 HEADERS += $${PWD}/simplecpp/simplecpp.h \