diff --git a/docs/examples/Makefile.am b/docs/examples/Makefile.am
index 64a79dce29..5fa9a496f5 100644
--- a/docs/examples/Makefile.am
+++ b/docs/examples/Makefile.am
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign nostdinc
 
 EXTRA_DIST = README Makefile.example makefile.dj $(COMPLICATED_EXAMPLES)
 
-INCLUDES = -I$(top_srcdir)/include/curl \
+INCLUDES = -I$(top_srcdir)/include \
            -I$(top_builddir)/lib   \
            -I$(top_srcdir)/lib