diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 36afdd3..6d8b12e 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 DIST_SUBDIRS = include . doc example python
 
-INCLUDES = -I@srcdir@/include -I$(top_builddir)/include @THREAD_CFLAGS@ @Z_CFLAGS@ 
+INCLUDES = -I$(top_builddir)/include -I@srcdir@/include @THREAD_CFLAGS@ @Z_CFLAGS@ 
 
 noinst_PROGRAMS=testSchemas testSAX testHTML testXPath testURI testDocbook \
                 testThreads testC14N testAutomata testRegexp