diff --git a/package/swconfig/Makefile b/package/swconfig/Makefile
index dbc38ec343..ef9dbefbe6 100644
--- a/package/swconfig/Makefile
+++ b/package/swconfig/Makefile
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ TARGET_CPPFLAGS := \
 	-D_GNU_SOURCE \
 	-I$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/libnl-tiny \
 	-I$(LINUX_DIR)/include \
+	-I$(LINUX_DIR)/arch/$(LINUX_KARCH)/include \
 	-I$(PKG_BUILD_DIR) \
 	$(TARGET_CPPFLAGS)