diff --git a/src/bin/meson.build b/src/bin/meson.build
index 809c4c2..c8d8308 100644
--- a/src/bin/meson.build
+++ b/src/bin/meson.build
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ src = files([
   'edi_searchpanel.h',
 ])
 
+bin_dir = include_directories('.')
+
 foreach package : packages
    subdir(package)
 endforeach
diff --git a/src/lib/meson.build b/src/lib/meson.build
index 33a1992..691a47d 100644
--- a/src/lib/meson.build
+++ b/src/lib/meson.build
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ src = files([
   'md5.h',
 ])
 
+lib_dir = include_directories('.')
+
 edi_lib_lib = shared_library('edi', src,
   dependencies : [elm],
   include_directories : top_inc,
diff --git a/src/tests/meson.build b/src/tests/meson.build
index 5c50f9a..482acd1 100644
--- a/src/tests/meson.build
+++ b/src/tests/meson.build
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ src = files([
 check = dependency('check')
 
 deps = [elm, check, edi_lib, intl]
-incls = [include_directories('../../../src/bin'), include_directories('../../../src/lib'), top_inc]
+incls = [lib_dir, bin_dir, top_inc]
 
 if get_option('libclang') == true
    deps += [clang]