diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 1ec525b30..299198bb5 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -476,6 +476,7 @@ IF (FFTW3_FOUND)
 	target_link_libraries( labplot2lib ${FFTW3_LIBRARIES} )
 ENDIF ()
 IF (netCDF_FOUND)
+	target_include_directories( labplot2lib PRIVATE ${netCDF_INCLUDE_DIR} )
 	target_link_libraries( labplot2lib ${netCDF_LIBRARIES} )
 ENDIF ()
 IF (CFITSIO_FOUND)