diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7e0f77e298..7ca2118813 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -981,7 +981,7 @@ SANITIZE_LEAK =
 SANITIZE_ADDRESS =
 
 # For the 'coccicheck' target
-SPATCH_INCLUDE_FLAGS = --all-includes
+SPATCH_INCLUDE_FLAGS = --all-includes $(addprefix -I ,compat ewah refs sha256 trace2 win32 xdiff)
 SPATCH_FLAGS =
 SPATCH_TEST_FLAGS =
 
diff --git a/contrib/coccinelle/meson.build b/contrib/coccinelle/meson.build
index dc3f73c2e7..ae7f5b5460 100644
--- a/contrib/coccinelle/meson.build
+++ b/contrib/coccinelle/meson.build
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ foreach header : headers_to_check
   coccinelle_headers += meson.project_source_root() / header
 endforeach
 
+coccinelle_includes = []
+foreach path : ['compat', 'ewah', 'refs', 'sha256', 'trace2', 'win32', 'xdiff']
+  coccinelle_includes += ['-I', meson.project_source_root() / path]
+endforeach
+
 patches = [ ]
 foreach source : coccinelle_sources
   patches += custom_target(
@@ -58,6 +63,7 @@ foreach source : coccinelle_sources
       '--all-includes',
       '--sp-file', concatenated_rules,
       '--patch', meson.project_source_root(),
+      coccinelle_includes,
       '@INPUT@',
     ],
     input: meson.project_source_root() / source,