diff --git a/LibusbJava/build.xml b/LibusbJava/build.xml
index 66e0acd..cc06367 100644
--- a/LibusbJava/build.xml
+++ b/LibusbJava/build.xml
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
 			<arg value="-shared" />
 			<arg value="-Wl,-soname,${build.shlib.linux.shlibname}" />
 			<arg value="-I${build.linux.includes}" />
+			<arg value="-I${build.linux.includes2}" />
 			<arg value="-shared" />
 			<arg value="${build.shlib.srcname}" />
 			<arg value="-o${build.shlib.linux.shlibname}.${version.linux}" />
diff --git a/LibusbJava/project.properties b/LibusbJava/project.properties
index 51b8fb6..53ad302 100644
--- a/LibusbJava/project.properties
+++ b/LibusbJava/project.properties
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ build.win.resource.obj=resource.o
 ####################################
 build.linux.compiler=g++
 build.linux.includes=/usr/lib
+# set this value if you require an additional include path
+# e.g. on ubuntu linux use /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.00/include
+build.linux.includes2=/usr/lib
 
 ####################################
 # Mac specific build properties    #