diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a94307514d10aec8e63df4fb47f30bb5b561b5f9..d5a17c01fedd1c4062dc2996dc52a332495153ed 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ include_dirs = [
     "/opt/hdf4/4.2.14-gcc-8.3/include",
     "/opt/hdfeos2/2.20-gcc-8.3/include",
     "/opt/netcdf4/4.7.0-gcc-8.3/include",
-    "/usr/include",
+    "/usr/include/hdf",
     numpy.get_include(),
 ]