diff --git a/tools/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/CMakeLists.txt
index 2e70c3b4ae35db027b555f0689f57c07f0f39300..a0af8045dab73eeecf46328d8fe6a0c8e9ee57dd 100644
--- a/tools/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ endif ()
 if (OPENDHT_C)
     add_executable (dhtcnode dhtcnode.c)
     target_link_libraries (dhtcnode LINK_PUBLIC opendht-c ${READLINE_LIBRARIES})
+    target_include_directories (dhtcnode SYSTEM PRIVATE ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/c)
 endif ()
 
 if (NOT DEFINED CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR)
diff --git a/tools/dhtcnode.c b/tools/dhtcnode.c
index 020c7b4ac833a7ee627f9bd481e149234d98f498..7a7df77c865a48aef823331175aaac2dfd3f99d0 100644
--- a/tools/dhtcnode.c
+++ b/tools/dhtcnode.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#include <c/opendht_c.h>
+#include <opendht_c.h>
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>