diff --git a/src/codec/Makefile.am b/src/codec/Makefile.am
index b4834e5..619897f 100644
--- a/src/codec/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/codec/Makefile.am
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Please read Chapter 6 "Library interface versions" of the libtool documentation before making any modification
 LIBVERSION=0:0:0
 
-AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir)/include
+AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir)/include $(TALLOC_CFLAGS)
 AM_CFLAGS = -Wall
 
 lib_LTLIBRARIES = libosmocodec.la