diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 585dd55..f2f193b 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 project('doctest', ['cpp'], version: '2.4.11')
 
-doctest_dep = declare_dependency(include_directories: include_directories('doctest'))
+doctest_dep = declare_dependency(include_directories: include_directories('.'))
 
 if meson.version().version_compare('>=0.54.0')
     meson.override_dependency('doctest', doctest_dep)