diff --git a/source/blender/editors/interface/Makefile b/source/blender/editors/interface/Makefile
index 5968660eb91..115740a8403 100644
--- a/source/blender/editors/interface/Makefile
+++ b/source/blender/editors/interface/Makefile
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ CPPFLAGS += -I../../makesrna
 CPPFLAGS += -I../../imbuf
 CPPFLAGS += -I../../blenfont
 CPPFLAGS += -I../../python
+CPPFLAGS += -I../../gpu
 
 # own include 
 
diff --git a/source/blender/editors/interface/SConscript b/source/blender/editors/interface/SConscript
index bca0350d4fc..09868345fc4 100644
--- a/source/blender/editors/interface/SConscript
+++ b/source/blender/editors/interface/SConscript
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ for source in env.Glob('*_api.c'):
 	sources.remove(source)
 
 incs = '../include ../../blenlib ../../blenfont ../../blenkernel ../../makesdna ../../imbuf'
-incs += ' ../../makesrna ../../windowmanager #/intern/guardedalloc'
+incs += ' ../../makesrna ../../windowmanager #/intern/guardedalloc ../../gpu'
 incs += ' #/extern/glew/include'
 incs += ' ../../python/' # python button eval