diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index bc4226a6393d3bc63ad1ac7b8e1de7d76dbdb00e..8d04c4021e42df1a6f8063307f1ea7eb51825a2d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ if(MSVC OR MSVC90 OR MSVC10)
 endif()
 add_definitions(-DBOOST_TEST_DYN_LINK)
 
-include_directories("include")
+# FCL's own include dir should be at the front of the include path
+include_directories(BEFORE "include")
 
 if(PKG_CONFIG_FOUND)
     pkg_check_modules(CCD REQUIRED ccd)