diff --git a/src/timerd/Makefile.am b/src/timerd/Makefile.am
index 21db442a1..a20ebdd4b 100644
--- a/src/timerd/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/timerd/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 AM_CPPFLAGS = -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions
 
 INCLUDES = \
+	-I$(top_srcdir) \
 	-I$(top_srcdir)/src/zapit/include \
 	-I$(top_srcdir)/lib \
 	-I$(top_srcdir)/lib/libconfigfile \
diff --git a/src/timerd/timerd.cpp b/src/timerd/timerd.cpp
index d8c486969..4fa540ce2 100644
--- a/src/timerd/timerd.cpp
+++ b/src/timerd/timerd.cpp
@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@
 #include <unistd.h> /* fork */
 #include <syscall.h>
 
-#include <timermanager.h>
-#include <debug.h>
 #include <sectionsdclient/sectionsdclient.h>
-
 #include <connection/basicserver.h>
 #include <timerdclient/timerdmsg.h>
 
+#include "debug.h"
+#include "timermanager.h"
+
 int timerd_debug = 0;
 
 bool timerd_parse_command(CBasicMessage::Header &rmsg, int connfd)
diff --git a/src/timerd/timermanager.cpp b/src/timerd/timermanager.cpp
index 4ed76fe2b..7f40416c3 100644
--- a/src/timerd/timermanager.cpp
+++ b/src/timerd/timermanager.cpp
@@ -30,10 +30,8 @@
 
 #include <sstream>
 
-#include <timermanager.h>
 #include <timerdclient/timerdclient.h>
 #include <timerdclient/timerdmsg.h>
-#include <debug.h>
 #include <sectionsdclient/sectionsdclient.h>
 #if HAVE_COOL_HARDWARE
 #include <coolstream/cs_vfd.h>
@@ -42,6 +40,9 @@
 #include <vector>
 #include <cstdlib>
 
+#include "debug.h"
+#include "timermanager.h"
+
 #ifndef FP_IOCTL_CLEAR_WAKEUP_TIMER
 #define FP_IOCTL_CLEAR_WAKEUP_TIMER 10
 #endif