diff --git a/src/srun/Makefile.am b/src/srun/Makefile.am
index 5972d540d569bee52fa689540e7f8e57011fe12f..7a39a597db930be893e54e8d92bd440bf651ad7c 100644
--- a/src/srun/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/srun/Makefile.am
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign
 CLEANFILES = core.*
 
-INCLUDES = -I$(top_srcdir) 
+INCLUDES = -I$(top_srcdir) $(BG_INCLUDES)
 
 bin_PROGRAMS = srun