diff --git a/MMCore/meson.build b/MMCore/meson.build
index a24403066..fd9fbcecc 100644
--- a/MMCore/meson.build
+++ b/MMCore/meson.build
@@ -98,3 +98,8 @@ mmcore = declare_dependency(
     link_with: mmcore_lib,
     dependencies: mmdevice_dep,
 )
+
+# For providing include dir to SWIG when using this project as a subproject
+swig_include_dirs = mmdevice_proj.get_variable('swig_include_dirs') + [
+    meson.current_source_dir(),
+]
diff --git a/MMDevice/meson.build b/MMDevice/meson.build
index 9f6bdf496..a7f21a8d2 100644
--- a/MMDevice/meson.build
+++ b/MMDevice/meson.build
@@ -58,3 +58,6 @@ mmdevice = declare_dependency(
     include_directories: mmdevice_include_dir,
     link_with: mmdevice_lib,
 )
+
+# For providing include dir to SWIG when using this project as a subproject
+swig_include_dirs = [meson.current_source_dir()]