diff --git a/moose-core/pymoose/CMakeLists.txt b/moose-core/pymoose/CMakeLists.txt
index 83397de45054b7cc470f3c144ec6632ad3978c05..d8ee56dbf99c0c8123b37d6e5a79821f5a0d9be2 100644
--- a/moose-core/pymoose/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/moose-core/pymoose/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,11 @@ except Exception: pass'"
 message( STATUS "Python so extension ${PYTHON_SO_EXTENSION}" )
 
 find_package(NumPy REQUIRED)
-include_directories(${NUMPY_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+find_package(PythonLibs REQUIRED)
+
+include_directories( ${NUMPY_INCLUDE_DIRS} )
+include_directories( ${PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIRS} )
+
 add_definitions(-DUSE_NUMPY)
 
 add_definitions(-DNPY_NO_DEPRECATED_API=NPY_1_7_API_VERSION)