diff --git a/example/simple/Makefile.am b/example/simple/Makefile.am
index f098970..4dc6398 100644
--- a/example/simple/Makefile.am
+++ b/example/simple/Makefile.am
@@ -12,6 +12,5 @@ noinst_PROGRAMS = ssh2 \
 
 # the examples need the $(top_builddir)/src since when building outside of the
 # source dir they still need to reach the libssh2_config.h header
-INCLUDES = -I$(top_srcdir)/src -I$(top_srcdir)/include -I$(top_builddir)/src
+AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir)/src -I$(top_srcdir)/include -I$(top_builddir)/src
 LDADD = $(top_builddir)/src/libssh2.la
-
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index ba0376e..10e8944 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $Id: Makefile.am,v 1.12 2008/11/20 10:09:43 jas4711 Exp $
+# $Id: Makefile.am,v 1.13 2008/11/21 14:34:03 jas4711 Exp $
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign nostdinc
 
 libssh2_la_SOURCES = channel.c comp.c crypt.c hostkey.c kex.c mac.c	\
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ lib_LTLIBRARIES = libssh2.la
 # srcdir/include for the shipped headers
 # builddir/src for the generated config header when building out of the source
 # tree
-INCLUDES = -I$(top_srcdir)/include -I$(top_builddir)/src
+AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir)/include -I$(top_builddir)/src
 
 VERSION=-version-info 1:0:0