diff --git a/meta/classes/cmake.bbclass b/meta/classes/cmake.bbclass
index eda45dd..2f90e36 100644
--- a/meta/classes/cmake.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/cmake.bbclass
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ set( CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${STAGING_DATADIR}/cmake/Modules/ )
 # add for non /usr/lib libdir, e.g. /usr/lib64
 set( CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH ${libdir} ${base_libdir})

+# additional cmake include search path
+set( CMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH ${OECMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH} )
+
 EOF
 }