diff --git a/examples/Makefile.am b/examples/Makefile.am
index b71586a776aebd7559929b321858b9431db7dcbc..0ae3cbba9ded84e94b4cbe583344064b391d1c4a 100644
--- a/examples/Makefile.am
+++ b/examples/Makefile.am
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 MYFLAGS = -DTIMER
 
 # Add the source directory and debug to CFLAGS
-AM_CFLAGS = -Wall -Werror -I../src -DCPU_TPS=2.67e9
+AM_CFLAGS = -Wall -Werror -I../src -DCPU_TPS=2.67e9 $(HDF5_CPPFLAGS)
 
 AM_LDFLAGS =
 
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 5b5a3787d6e48ebae050189ccf43006613c01267..1eda1b81bf5def8121314cf8417cd66d52edb5e5 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 # Add the debug flag to the whole thing
-AM_CFLAGS = -DTIMER -DCOUNTER -DCPU_TPS=2.30e9
+AM_CFLAGS = -DTIMER -DCOUNTER -DCPU_TPS=2.30e9 $(HDF5_CPPFLAGS)
 
 # Assign a "safe" version number
 AM_LDFLAGS = $(LAPACK_LIBS) $(BLAS_LIBS) $(HDF5_LDFLAGS) -version-info 0:0:0 # -fsanitize=address