diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 5d5994f4e5..6dff8294f3 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ dnl - src and build dirs need to be added because every piece that gets built
 dnl   will need the GStreamer source and generated headers
 dnl LIBS: XML doesn't need to be added because we don't explicitly use symbols
 dnl       from LibXML except for in the core library
-GST_ALL_CFLAGS="-I\$(top_srcdir)/libs -I\$(top_srcdir) -I\$(top_builddir) $GLIB_CFLAGS $XML_CFLAGS \$(GST_OPTION_CFLAGS)"
+GST_ALL_CFLAGS="-I\$(top_srcdir)/libs -I\$(top_srcdir) -I\$(top_builddir)/libs -I\$(top_builddir) $GLIB_CFLAGS $XML_CFLAGS \$(GST_OPTION_CFLAGS)"
 
 dnl FIXME: check if LTLIBINTL is needed everywhere
 dnl I presume it is given that it contains the symbols that _() stuff maps to
diff --git a/libs/gst/check/Makefile.am b/libs/gst/check/Makefile.am
index 9989adb7b3..8d39c95737 100644
--- a/libs/gst/check/Makefile.am
+++ b/libs/gst/check/Makefile.am
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ libgstcheck_@GST_MAJORMINOR@_la_SOURCES =	\
 	gstconsistencychecker.c
 
 libgstcheck_@GST_MAJORMINOR@_la_CFLAGS = $(GST_OBJ_CFLAGS) \
+	-I$(top_builddir)/libs \
 	-I$(top_builddir)/libs/gst/check \
 	-I$(top_builddir)/libs/gst/check/libcheck
 libgstcheck_@GST_MAJORMINOR@_la_LIBADD = $(GST_OBJ_LIBS) \