diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/_lib/CMakeLists.txt b/python/cudf/cudf/_lib/CMakeLists.txt
index 07f334fdc12..1ed6e47f99f 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/_lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/_lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ target_link_libraries(strings_udf PUBLIC cudf_strings_udf)
 set(targets_using_arrow_headers interop avro csv orc json parquet)
 link_to_pyarrow_headers("${targets_using_arrow_headers}")
 
+target_include_directories(interop PUBLIC "$<BUILD_INTERFACE:${DLPACK_INCLUDE_DIR}>")
+
 add_subdirectory(cpp)
 add_subdirectory(io)
 add_subdirectory(nvtext)