diff --git a/lib/librte_kvargs/meson.build b/lib/librte_kvargs/meson.build
index a1c7249616..acd3e54326 100644
--- a/lib/librte_kvargs/meson.build
+++ b/lib/librte_kvargs/meson.build
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Copyright(c) 2017 Intel Corporation
 
 includes = [global_inc]
-includes += include_directories('../../../lib/librte_eal/common/include')
+includes += include_directories('../librte_eal/common/include')
 
 version = 1
 sources = files('rte_kvargs.c')