diff --git a/tools/gyp/v8.gyp b/tools/gyp/v8.gyp
index 9d5b10f77b..8a5d053ecc 100644
--- a/tools/gyp/v8.gyp
+++ b/tools/gyp/v8.gyp
@@ -152,6 +152,9 @@
         'js2c',
         'v8_base',
       ],
+      'include_dirs': [
+        '../../src',
+      ],
       'sources': [
         '<(SHARED_INTERMEDIATE_DIR)/libraries-empty.cc',
         '<(INTERMEDIATE_DIR)/snapshot.cc',
@@ -506,6 +509,9 @@
       'dependencies': [
         'v8_nosnapshot',
       ],
+      'include_dirs': [
+        '../../src',
+      ],
       'sources': [
         '../../src/mksnapshot.cc',
       ],