diff --git a/src/cpu/pythonbindings/CMakeLists.txt b/src/cpu/pythonbindings/CMakeLists.txt
index 4c728febe0e669fa308d45158c7fae4ce3762c05..3b4e7e5a1506899710dc03ea275c0d4ac1cff66d 100644
--- a/src/cpu/pythonbindings/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/cpu/pythonbindings/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,4 +12,5 @@ target_compile_definitions(pymuparser PRIVATE VF_METIS VF_MPI)
 target_link_libraries(pyfluids PRIVATE simulationconfig VirtualFluidsCore muparser basics)
 target_link_libraries(pymuparser PRIVATE muparser)
 
-
+target_include_directories(pyfluids PRIVATE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/)
+target_include_directories(pyfluids PRIVATE ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
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