diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 7adc8a29015..84cf016077c 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -2268,6 +2268,7 @@ util_ss.add_all(trace_ss)
 util_ss = util_ss.apply(config_all, strict: false)
 libqemuutil = static_library('qemuutil',
                              sources: util_ss.sources() + stub_ss.sources() + genh,
+                             include_directories: 'util/xxHash',
                              dependencies: [util_ss.dependencies(), libm, threads, glib, socket, malloc, pixman])
 qemuutil = declare_dependency(link_with: libqemuutil,
                               sources: genh + version_res)
diff --git a/util/fast-hash.c b/util/fast-hash.c
index 90d2b1c79e4..8b3095e9dc5 100644
--- a/util/fast-hash.c
+++ b/util/fast-hash.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #include "qemu/fast-hash.h"
-#include "util/xxHash/xxh3.h"
+#include <xxh3.h>
 
 uint64_t fast_hash(const uint8_t *data, size_t len)
 {