diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/retroshare-gui.pro b/retroshare-gui/src/retroshare-gui.pro
index 433977d09..300c8616d 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/retroshare-gui.pro
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/retroshare-gui.pro
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ linux-* {
 			}
 
 			LIBS += ../../../lib/sqlcipher/.libs/libsqlcipher.a
+			INCLUDEPATH += ../../../lib/sqlcipher/src/
 		} else {
 			LIBS += -lsqlcipher
 		}
diff --git a/retroshare-nogui/src/retroshare-nogui.pro b/retroshare-nogui/src/retroshare-nogui.pro
index 58df992e6..00525fdf4 100644
--- a/retroshare-nogui/src/retroshare-nogui.pro
+++ b/retroshare-nogui/src/retroshare-nogui.pro
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ linux-* {
 			}
 
 			LIBS += ../../../lib/sqlcipher/.libs/libsqlcipher.a
+			INCLUDEPATH += ../../../lib/sqlcipher/src/
 		} else {
 			LIBS += -lsqlcipher
 		}