diff --git a/src/srun/Makefile.in b/src/srun/Makefile.in
index 59f6f49f96afb53865aa89fcdbc0103e537051dc..7bb62883ca18fcf8b7fe96898a739f45d936c3bc 100644
--- a/src/srun/Makefile.in
+++ b/src/srun/Makefile.in
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ top_builddir = @top_builddir@
 top_srcdir = @top_srcdir@
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign
 CLEANFILES = core.*
-INCLUDES = -I$(top_srcdir) 
+INCLUDES = -I$(top_srcdir) $(BG_INCLUDES)
 srun_SOURCES = \
 	srun.c srun.h \
 	opt.c opt.h \