diff --git a/qgroundcontrol.pri b/qgroundcontrol.pri
index b8de01ef2c5eed70604076078611b90ea8cc267c..ab7144890f4888435eaf62178bb378a771fb7947 100644
--- a/qgroundcontrol.pri
+++ b/qgroundcontrol.pri
@@ -158,8 +158,9 @@ linux-g++ {
     }
 
     exists(/usr/local/include/libfreenect) {
-    message("Building support for libfreenect")
+    message("Building suplocport for libfreenect")
     DEPENDENCIES_PRESENT += libfreenect
+    INCLUDEPATH += /usr/include/libusb-1.0
     # Include libfreenect libraries
     LIBS += -lfreenect
     DEFINES += QGC_LIBFREENECT_ENABLED
@@ -229,6 +230,7 @@ linux-g++-64 {
     exists(/usr/local/include/libfreenect) {
     message("Building support for libfreenect")
     DEPENDENCIES_PRESENT += libfreenect
+    INCLUDEPATH += /usr/include/libusb-1.0
     # Include libfreenect libraries
     LIBS += -lfreenect
     DEFINES += QGC_LIBFREENECT_ENABLED