diff --git a/nse_pcrelib.cc b/nse_pcrelib.cc
index f447a7a2a..1e42f6a87 100644
--- a/nse_pcrelib.cc
+++ b/nse_pcrelib.cc
@@ -13,7 +13,11 @@ extern "C" {
 }
 
 #include <locale.h>
-#include <pcre.h>
+#ifdef HAVE_PCRE_PCRE_H
+# include <pcre/pcre.h>
+#else
+# include <pcre.h>
+#endif
 
 #include "nbase.h"
 #include "nmap_error.h"