diff --git a/scripts/coccicheck b/scripts/coccicheck
index 7f0d6a6c5000..cdde8e0670aa 100755
--- a/scripts/coccicheck
+++ b/scripts/coccicheck
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
 
 SPATCH="`which ${SPATCH:=spatch}`"
 
@@ -11,24 +11,25 @@ else
 	VERBOSE=0
 fi
 
+FLAGS="-very_quiet"
+
+# spatch only allows include directories with the syntax "-I include"
+# while gcc also allows "-Iinclude" and "-include include"
+COCCIINCLUDE=${LINUXINCLUDE//-I/-I }
+COCCIINCLUDE=${COCCIINCLUDE//-include/-I}
+
 if [ "$C" = "1" -o "$C" = "2" ]; then
     ONLINE=1
 
-# This requires Coccinelle >= 0.2.3
-#    FLAGS="-ignore_unknown_options -very_quiet"
-#    OPTIONS=$*
-
-# Workaround for Coccinelle < 0.2.3
-	FLAGS="-I $srctree/include -very_quiet"
-	shift $(( $# - 1 ))
-	OPTIONS=$1
+    # Take only the last argument, which is the C file to test
+    shift $(( $# - 1 ))
+    OPTIONS="$COCCIINCLUDE $1"
 else
     ONLINE=0
-    FLAGS="-very_quiet"
     if [ "$KBUILD_EXTMOD" = "" ] ; then
-        OPTIONS="-dir $srctree"
+        OPTIONS="-dir $srctree $COCCIINCLUDE"
     else
-        OPTIONS="-dir $KBUILD_EXTMOD -patch $srctree -I $srctree/include -I $KBUILD_EXTMOD/include"
+        OPTIONS="-dir $KBUILD_EXTMOD -patch $srctree $COCCIINCLUDE"
     fi
 fi