diff --git a/tools/meson.build b/tools/meson.build
index ba7eb864e7..322312aa99 100644
--- a/tools/meson.build
+++ b/tools/meson.build
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ foreach tool : tools
   executable(exe_name,
     src_file,
     install: true,
+    include_directories : [configinc],
     dependencies : [glib_dep, gobject_dep, gmodule_dep, mathlib, gst_dep],
     link_with: [printf_lib],
     c_args: gst_c_args,