diff --git a/security/ebtables/ebtables.conf b/security/ebtables/ebtables.conf
index d2ada2be5..c18c88b5d 100644
--- a/security/ebtables/ebtables.conf
+++ b/security/ebtables/ebtables.conf
@@ -13,5 +13,6 @@
 # GNU General Public License can be found in the file COPYING.
 # --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
 
+var_append makeopt ' ' "KERNEL_INCLUDES=$( pkgprefix -r includedir linux-header )"
 var_insert makeopt ' ' "PREFIX=/$prefix"
 var_insert makeinstopt ' ' "PREFIX=/$prefix"