diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/Makefile
index a7b63860b7bc..21f983dfd047 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/Makefile
@@ -129,8 +129,11 @@ ifneq ($(KBUILD_OUTPUT),)
   # $(realpath ...) resolves symlinks
   abs_objtree := $(realpath $(abs_objtree))
   BUILD := $(abs_objtree)/kselftest
+  KHDR_INCLUDES := -I${abs_objtree}/usr/include
 else
   BUILD := $(CURDIR)
+  abs_srctree := $(shell cd $(top_srcdir) && pwd)
+  KHDR_INCLUDES := -I${abs_srctree}/usr/include
   DEFAULT_INSTALL_HDR_PATH := 1
 endif
 
@@ -139,6 +142,7 @@ include $(top_srcdir)/scripts/subarch.include
 ARCH           ?= $(SUBARCH)
 export KSFT_KHDR_INSTALL_DONE := 1
 export BUILD
+export KHDR_INCLUDES
 
 # set default goal to all, so make without a target runs all, even when
 # all isn't the first target in the file.