diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6e70c33..e46d731 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ link_directories(${Boost_LIBRARY_DIRS})
 find_path(FF_INCLUDE_PATH fontforge/fontforge.h)
 if(FF_INCLUDE_PATH)
     message("Found fontforge.h: ${FF_INCLUDE_PATH}/fontforge/fontforge.h")
+    include_directories(${FF_INCLUDE_PATH})
     include_directories(${FF_INCLUDE_PATH}/fontforge)
 else()
     message(FATAL_ERROR "Error: cannot locate fontforge.h")
diff --git a/src/ff/ff.c b/src/ff/ff.c
index 2eb2a2d..b235866 100644
--- a/src/ff/ff.c
+++ b/src/ff/ff.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
 
+#include <fontforge/config.h>
 #include <fontforge.h>
 #include <baseviews.h>