diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c0d3c0f..172e2ac 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ if (EXISTS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/libraries/parallel-hashmap/CMakeLists.txt
 endif()
 
 configure_file(include/blt/config.h.in blt/config.h @ONLY)
+# include the config file
+include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
+include_directories(include/)
 
 message("Standard Files ${STD_FILES}")
 message("Profiler Files ${PROFILING_FILES}")