diff --git a/spa/plugins/v4l2/meson.build b/spa/plugins/v4l2/meson.build
index 1dfe92cf8..de1958060 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/v4l2/meson.build
+++ b/spa/plugins/v4l2/meson.build
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ endif
 
 v4l2lib = shared_library('spa-v4l2',
                           v4l2_sources,
+                          include_directories : [ configinc ],
                           dependencies : v4l2_dependencies,
                           install : true,
                           install_dir : spa_plugindir / 'v4l2')
diff --git a/spa/plugins/v4l2/v4l2.c b/spa/plugins/v4l2/v4l2.c
index ed39f3bd5..71489320d 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/v4l2/v4l2.c
+++ b/spa/plugins/v4l2/v4l2.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <spa/support/plugin.h>
 #include <spa/support/log.h>
 
+#include "config.h"
 #include "v4l2.h"
 
 extern const struct spa_handle_factory spa_v4l2_source_factory;