diff --git a/src/ebusctl/ebusctl.cpp b/src/ebusctl/ebusctl.cpp
index 2bcf9357..3f2d1caf 100644
--- a/src/ebusctl/ebusctl.cpp
+++ b/src/ebusctl/ebusctl.cpp
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@
  * along with ebusd. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
  */
 
-#include "config.h"
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include <config.h>
+#endif
+
 #include "appl.h"
 #include "port.h"
 #include "decode.h"
diff --git a/src/ebusd/ebusd.cpp b/src/ebusd/ebusd.cpp
index c5eacde9..797783d0 100644
--- a/src/ebusd/ebusd.cpp
+++ b/src/ebusd/ebusd.cpp
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@
  * along with ebusd. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
  */
 
-#include "config.h"
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include <config.h>
+#endif
+
 #include "logger.h"
 #include "daemon.h"
 #include "appl.h"
diff --git a/src/lib/utils/thread.cpp b/src/lib/utils/thread.cpp
index 7393587b..fa4ca38f 100644
--- a/src/lib/utils/thread.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/utils/thread.cpp
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@
  * along with ebusd. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
  */
 
-#include "config.h"
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include <config.h>
+#endif
+
 #include "thread.h"
 
 static void* runThread(void* arg)