diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index ab64e0fd..891a4235 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ distclean:
 	cd doc && $(MAKE) $@
 	rmdir doc 2>/dev/null || true
 	cd spec/example && $(MAKE) $@
+	rmdir spec/example 2>/dev/null || true
+	rmdir spec 2>/dev/null || true
 	rm -f config.log config.status Makefile libtool
 	rm -fR autom4te.cache
 
diff --git a/spec/example/Makefile.in b/spec/example/Makefile.in
index a7139f4a..4bf5935b 100644
--- a/spec/example/Makefile.in
+++ b/spec/example/Makefile.in
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ EXTENSION_LIBEVENT_EXT_LIBS=@EXTENSION_LIBEVENT_EXT_LIBS@
 EXTENSION_LIBEVENT_LDFLAGS=@EXTENSION_LIBEVENT_LDFLAGS@
 
 CC=@CC@
-CFLAGS=@CFLAGS@ -Wall -I$(srcdir) -I$(srcdir)/../../src -std=c99
+CFLAGS=@CFLAGS@ -Wall -I$(srcdir) -I$(srcdir)/../../src -I../../src -std=c99
 LDFLAGS=@LDFLAGS@ -L../../src
 LDLIBS=-lgetdns @LIBS@
 PROGRAMS=example-all-functions example-simple-answers example-tree example-synchronous example-reverse