diff --git a/src/cppcheck.cpp b/src/cppcheck.cpp
index dfaf54894..b0307c4e3 100644
--- a/src/cppcheck.cpp
+++ b/src/cppcheck.cpp
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ std::string CppCheck::parseFromArgs(int argc, const char* const argv[])
             if (path[path.length()-1] != '/' && path[path.length()-1] != '\\')
                 path += '/';
 
-            _includePaths.push_back(path);
+            _settings._includePaths.push_back(path);
         }
 
 // Include paths
@@ -344,13 +344,13 @@ unsigned int CppCheck::check()
             {
                 // File content was given as a string
                 std::istringstream iss(_fileContents[ _filenames[c] ]);
-                preprocessor.preprocess(iss, filedata, configurations, fname, _includePaths);
+                preprocessor.preprocess(iss, filedata, configurations, fname, _settings._includePaths);
             }
             else
             {
                 // Only file name was given, read the content from file
                 std::ifstream fin(fname.c_str());
-                preprocessor.preprocess(fin, filedata, configurations, fname, _includePaths);
+                preprocessor.preprocess(fin, filedata, configurations, fname, _settings._includePaths);
             }
 
             int checkCount = 0;
diff --git a/src/cppcheck.h b/src/cppcheck.h
index 8c8bf810c..1a1967ac7 100644
--- a/src/cppcheck.h
+++ b/src/cppcheck.h
@@ -141,10 +141,6 @@ private:
     /** Current configuration */
     std::string     cfg;
 
-    /** List of include paths, e.g. "my/includes/" which should be used
-        for finding include files inside source files. */
-    std::list<std::string> _includePaths;
-
     std::list<std::string> _xmllist;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/settings.h b/src/settings.h
index ff2084aaf..2d5549c0a 100644
--- a/src/settings.h
+++ b/src/settings.h
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ public:
         Default value is 0. */
     int _exitCode;
 
+    /** List of include paths, e.g. "my/includes/" which should be used
+        for finding include files inside source files. */
+    std::list<std::string> _includePaths;
+
     /** Fill list of automaticly deallocated classes */
     void autoDealloc(std::istream &istr);