diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 88b54622bc28cb9271020409a1a402ab3c265913..5f0157eafa87e6be072ce393a1f250e933860935 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ dnl
 ALBERT_CHECK_PACKAGE(GRAPE, gr, , ${X_LIBS} -lX11, grape.h,, optional)
 AM_CONDITIONAL(GRAPE, test -n "${GRAPE_LIB}")
 ALBERT_LIB_PATH=$prefix/lib
-ALBERT_INCLUDE_PATH=$prefix/include
+ALBERT_INCLUDE_PATH='$(top_srcdir)/ALBERT/src/Common/'
 ALBERT_LIBS_22='$(top_builddir)/ALBERT/src/ALBERT22_0/libALBERT22_0.la $(top_builddir)/SOLVER/src/libcsolver.la $(top_builddir)/ALBERT_UTIL/libalbert_util.la $(top_builddir)/PLOT_ANSI/src/libPLOTansi.la'
 ALBERT_LIBS_33='$(top_builddir)/ALBERT/src/ALBERT33_0/libALBERT33_0.la $(top_builddir)/SOLVER/src/libcsolver.la $(top_builddir)/ALBERT_UTIL/libalbert_util.la'
 ALBERT_DEBUG=