diff --git a/libsemanage/src/Makefile b/libsemanage/src/Makefile
index 8dfbd762..4db45aad 100644
--- a/libsemanage/src/Makefile
+++ b/libsemanage/src/Makefile
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ CFLAGS ?= -Werror -Wall -W -Wundef -Wshadow -Wmissing-noreturn -Wmissing-format-
 SWIG_CFLAGS += -Wno-error -Wno-unused-but-set-variable -Wno-unused-variable -Wno-shadow \
 		-Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-missing-prototypes
 
-override CFLAGS += -I../include -D_GNU_SOURCE
+override CFLAGS += -I../include -I../../libselinux/include -D_GNU_SOURCE
 RANLIB ?= ranlib
 
 SWIG = swig -Wall -python -o $(SWIGCOUT) -outdir ./
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ $(LIBA): $(OBJS)
 	$(RANLIB) $@
 
 $(LIBSO): $(LOBJS)
-	$(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -shared -o $@ $^ -lsepol -laudit -lselinux -lbz2 -Wl,-soname,$(LIBSO),--version-script=libsemanage.map,-z,defs
+	$(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -shared -o $@ $^ -L../../libselinux/src -lsepol -laudit -lselinux -lbz2 -Wl,-soname,$(LIBSO),--version-script=libsemanage.map,-z,defs
 	ln -sf $@ $(TARGET)
 
 $(LIBPC): $(LIBPC).in ../VERSION
diff --git a/mcstrans/src/Makefile b/mcstrans/src/Makefile
index 89dbac16..88487068 100644
--- a/mcstrans/src/Makefile
+++ b/mcstrans/src/Makefile
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ PROG_OBJS= $(patsubst %.c,%.o,$(PROG_SRC))
 PROG=mcstransd
 INITSCRIPT=mcstrans
 CFLAGS ?= -Wall -W -Wundef -Wmissing-noreturn -Wmissing-format-attribute
+override CFLAGS += -I../../libselinux/include
+override LDFLAGS+= -L../../libselinux/src
 
 all: $(PROG)
 
diff --git a/mcstrans/utils/Makefile b/mcstrans/utils/Makefile
index eec714f1..57a73932 100644
--- a/mcstrans/utils/Makefile
+++ b/mcstrans/utils/Makefile
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 PREFIX ?= /usr
 SBINDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/sbin
 
+override CFLAGS += -I../../libselinux/include
+override LDFLAGS+= -L../../libselinux/src
+
 TARGETS=transcon untranscon
 
 # If no specific libsepol.a is specified, fall back on LDFLAGS search path
diff --git a/policycoreutils/load_policy/Makefile b/policycoreutils/load_policy/Makefile
index ad80d500..6b2fa880 100644
--- a/policycoreutils/load_policy/Makefile
+++ b/policycoreutils/load_policy/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ MANDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/share/man
 LOCALEDIR ?= $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/locale
 
 CFLAGS ?= -Werror -Wall -W
-override CFLAGS += $(LDFLAGS) -DUSE_NLS -DLOCALEDIR="\"$(LOCALEDIR)\"" -DPACKAGE="\"policycoreutils\""
+override CFLAGS += $(LDFLAGS) -I../../libselinux/include -L../../libselinux/src -DUSE_NLS -DLOCALEDIR="\"$(LOCALEDIR)\"" -DPACKAGE="\"policycoreutils\""
 override LDLIBS += -lsepol -lselinux
 
 TARGETS=$(patsubst %.c,%,$(sort $(wildcard *.c)))
diff --git a/policycoreutils/newrole/Makefile b/policycoreutils/newrole/Makefile
index 4b8145d3..308e92dc 100644
--- a/policycoreutils/newrole/Makefile
+++ b/policycoreutils/newrole/Makefile
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ VERSION = $(shell cat ../VERSION)
 
 CFLAGS ?= -Werror -Wall -W
 EXTRA_OBJS =
-override CFLAGS += -DVERSION=\"$(VERSION)\" -DUSE_NLS -DLOCALEDIR="\"$(LOCALEDIR)\"" -DPACKAGE="\"policycoreutils\""
+override CFLAGS += -I../../libselinux/include -DVERSION=\"$(VERSION)\" -DUSE_NLS -DLOCALEDIR="\"$(LOCALEDIR)\"" -DPACKAGE="\"policycoreutils\""
+override LDFLAGS+= -L../../libselinux/src
 override LDLIBS += -lselinux
 ifeq ($(PAMH), y)
 	override CFLAGS += -DUSE_PAM
diff --git a/policycoreutils/run_init/Makefile b/policycoreutils/run_init/Makefile
index 619ebc1d..6c92fda1 100644
--- a/policycoreutils/run_init/Makefile
+++ b/policycoreutils/run_init/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ PAMH ?= $(shell test -f /usr/include/security/pam_appl.h && echo y)
 AUDITH ?= $(shell test -f /usr/include/libaudit.h && echo y)
 
 CFLAGS ?= -Werror -Wall -W
-override CFLAGS += -DUSE_NLS -DLOCALEDIR="\"$(LOCALEDIR)\"" -DPACKAGE="\"policycoreutils\""
+override CFLAGS += -I../../libselinux/include -DUSE_NLS -DLOCALEDIR="\"$(LOCALEDIR)\"" -DPACKAGE="\"policycoreutils\""
+override LDFLAGS+= -L../../libselinux/src
 override LDLIBS += -lselinux
 ifeq ($(PAMH), y)
 	override CFLAGS += -DUSE_PAM
diff --git a/policycoreutils/secon/Makefile b/policycoreutils/secon/Makefile
index 440503a1..c2102606 100644
--- a/policycoreutils/secon/Makefile
+++ b/policycoreutils/secon/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ MANDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/share/man
 WARNS=-Werror -W -Wall -Wundef -Wshadow -Wpointer-arith -Wbad-function-cast -Wcast-align -Wwrite-strings -Waggregate-return -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wnested-externs -Wno-format-zero-length -Wformat-nonliteral -Wformat-security -Wfloat-equal
 VERSION = $(shell cat ../VERSION)
 CFLAGS ?= $(WARNS) -O1
-override CFLAGS += -DVERSION=\"$(VERSION)\"
+override CFLAGS += -I../../libselinux/include -DVERSION=\"$(VERSION)\"
+override LDFLAGS+= -L../../libselinux/src
 override LDLIBS += -lselinux
 
 all: secon
diff --git a/policycoreutils/semodule/Makefile b/policycoreutils/semodule/Makefile
index 9fbf99d6..31cb2670 100644
--- a/policycoreutils/semodule/Makefile
+++ b/policycoreutils/semodule/Makefile
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ SBINDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/sbin
 MANDIR = $(PREFIX)/share/man
 
 CFLAGS ?= -Werror -Wall -W
+override CFLAGS += -I../../libselinux/include -I../../libsemanage/include
+override LDFLAGS+= -L../../libselinux/src     -L../../libsemanage/src
 override LDLIBS += -lsepol -lselinux -lsemanage
 SEMODULE_OBJS = semodule.o
 
diff --git a/policycoreutils/sestatus/Makefile b/policycoreutils/sestatus/Makefile
index aebf050c..70748157 100644
--- a/policycoreutils/sestatus/Makefile
+++ b/policycoreutils/sestatus/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ MANDIR = $(PREFIX)/share/man
 ETCDIR ?= /etc
 
 CFLAGS ?= -Werror -Wall -W
-override CFLAGS += -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
+override CFLAGS += -I../../libselinux/include -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
+override LDFLAGS+= -L../../libselinux/src
 override LDLIBS += -lselinux
 
 all: sestatus
diff --git a/policycoreutils/setfiles/Makefile b/policycoreutils/setfiles/Makefile
index 84ffb08b..8e589a30 100644
--- a/policycoreutils/setfiles/Makefile
+++ b/policycoreutils/setfiles/Makefile
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ MANDIR = $(PREFIX)/share/man
 AUDITH ?= $(shell test -f /usr/include/libaudit.h && echo y)
 
 CFLAGS ?= -g -Werror -Wall -W
+override CFLAGS += -I../../libselinux/include
+override LDFLAGS+= -L../../libselinux/src
 override LDLIBS += -lselinux -lsepol -lpthread
 
 ifeq ($(AUDITH), y)
diff --git a/policycoreutils/setsebool/Makefile b/policycoreutils/setsebool/Makefile
index fc5b4ff6..54489ba3 100644
--- a/policycoreutils/setsebool/Makefile
+++ b/policycoreutils/setsebool/Makefile
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ MANDIR = $(PREFIX)/share/man
 BASHCOMPLETIONDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/share/bash-completion/completions
 
 CFLAGS ?= -Werror -Wall -W
+override CFLAGS += -I../../libselinux/include -I../../libsemanage/include
+override LDFLAGS+= -L../../libselinux/src     -L../../libsemanage/src
 override LDLIBS += -lselinux -lsemanage
 SETSEBOOL_OBJS = setsebool.o
 
diff --git a/policycoreutils/unsetfiles/Makefile b/policycoreutils/unsetfiles/Makefile
index 9e5edc04..08fa1abb 100644
--- a/policycoreutils/unsetfiles/Makefile
+++ b/policycoreutils/unsetfiles/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ PREFIX ?= /usr
 SBINDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/sbin
 MANDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/share/man
 
-override CFLAGS += -D_GNU_SOURCE
+override CFLAGS += -I../../libselinux/include -D_GNU_SOURCE
+override LDFLAGS+= -L../../libselinux/src
 override LDLIBS += -lselinux
 
 
diff --git a/python/audit2allow/Makefile b/python/audit2allow/Makefile
index fb04b8bd..28b8f7f2 100644
--- a/python/audit2allow/Makefile
+++ b/python/audit2allow/Makefile
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ BINDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/bin
 MANDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/share/man
 
 CFLAGS ?= -Werror -Wall -W
+override CFLAGS += -I../../libselinux/include
+override LDFLAGS+= -L../../libselinux/src
 
 # If no specific libsepol.a is specified, fall back on LDFLAGS search path
 # Otherwise, as $(LIBSEPOLA) already appears in the dependencies, there
diff --git a/restorecond/Makefile b/restorecond/Makefile
index 1ddfcc92..b8b86eb4 100644
--- a/restorecond/Makefile
+++ b/restorecond/Makefile
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ GIO_CFLAGS = -DHAVE_DBUS $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --cflags gio-2.0)
 GIO_LIBS = $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --libs gio-2.0)
 
 CFLAGS ?= -g -Werror -Wall -W
-override CFLAGS += $(GIO_CFLAGS)
-
+override CFLAGS += -I../../libselinux/include $(GIO_CFLAGS)
+override LDFLAGS+= -L../../libselinux/src
 override LDLIBS += -lselinux $(GIO_LIBS)
 
 all: restorecond
