diff --git a/lib/rocksdb/spdk.rocksdb.mk b/lib/rocksdb/spdk.rocksdb.mk
index df24bfd10..b952ba17e 100644
--- a/lib/rocksdb/spdk.rocksdb.mk
+++ b/lib/rocksdb/spdk.rocksdb.mk
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ include $(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/mk/spdk.common.mk
 include $(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/mk/spdk.app.mk
 include $(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/mk/spdk.modules.mk
 
-CXXFLAGS +=  -I$(SPDK_DIR)/include -Iutil/
+CXXFLAGS +=  -I$(SPDK_DIR)/include -Iutil/ -Ienv/
 
 # The SPDK makefiles turn this on, but RocksDB won't compile with it.  So
 #  turn it off after including the SPDK makefiles.