diff --git a/src/client/ChangeLog b/src/client/ChangeLog
index e4b40e5ebb..24373f5004 100644
--- a/src/client/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/client/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-09-06  Jean-Marc Lasgouttes  <lasgouttes@lyx.org>
+
+	* Makefile.am (INCLUDES): add ${srcdir}/.. to INCLUDES (needed
+	when building outside of source tree)
+
 2004-09-04  Lars Gullik Bjonnes  <larsbj@gullik.net>
 
 	* messages.h: new file
diff --git a/src/client/Makefile.am b/src/client/Makefile.am
index 57096f9dd3..41afc46dc1 100644
--- a/src/client/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/client/Makefile.am
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ man_MANS = lyxclient.1
 
 bin_PROGRAMS = lyxclient
 
-INCLUDES = $(BOOST_INCLUDES)
+INCLUDES = -I$(srcdir)/../ $(BOOST_INCLUDES)
 
 AM_CXXFLAGS = $(PCH_FLAGS)