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)