diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 6c087cda..411f2ac5 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ pkgconfig_DATA =
 
 bin_PROGRAMS = wayland-scanner
 wayland_scanner_SOURCES = src/scanner.c
+wayland_scanner_CPPFLAGS = $(AM_CPPFLAGS) -include config.h
 wayland_scanner_CFLAGS = $(EXPAT_CFLAGS) $(LIBXML_CFLAGS) $(AM_CFLAGS)
 wayland_scanner_LDADD = $(EXPAT_LIBS) $(LIBXML_LIBS) libwayland-util.la
 pkgconfig_DATA += src/wayland-scanner.pc
diff --git a/src/scanner.c b/src/scanner.c
index 2b3adbda..b470c916 100644
--- a/src/scanner.c
+++ b/src/scanner.c
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
  * SOFTWARE.
  */
 
-#include "config.h"
 #include "wayland-version.h"
 
 #include <stdbool.h>