diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ed4720c3..1cb2ec59 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import shutil
 import platform
 import subprocess
+import sysconfig
 
 from setuptools import setup, Extension
 from setuptools.command.build_ext import build_ext
@@ -38,10 +39,12 @@ def run(self):
 
     def build_extension(self, ext):
         extdir = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(self.get_ext_fullpath(ext.name)))
+        python_include_dir = sysconfig.get_path("include")
         cmake_args = [
             "-DCMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER=nvcc",
             "-DCMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY=" + extdir,
             "-DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=" + sys.executable,
+            "-DPYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR=" + python_include_dir,
         ]
 
         cfg = "Debug" if self.debug else "Release"