diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 43d533193..c6182fbdd 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -495,6 +495,8 @@ include(SetupFGFSLibraries)
 add_library(fgfsObjects OBJECT flightgear-version)
 add_dependencies(fgfsObjects buildId)
 
+# remove once we use CMake 3.12, since then the dependency will be explicit
+add_dependencies(fgfsObjects fgembeddedresources)
 
 ########################################################################
 
diff --git a/src/EmbeddedResources/CMakeLists.txt b/src/EmbeddedResources/CMakeLists.txt
index 41428edb6..140422c7d 100644
--- a/src/EmbeddedResources/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/EmbeddedResources/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -34,7 +34,11 @@ add_custom_command(
 
 add_library(fgembeddedresources STATIC 
   ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/src/EmbeddedResources/FlightGear-resources.cxx
-  ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/src/EmbeddedResources/FlightGear-resources.hxx)
+  ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/src/EmbeddedResources/FlightGear-resources.hxx
+  )
+
+# users of the library include this as <EmbeddedResources/FlightGear-resources.hxx>
+target_include_directories(fgembeddedresources INTERFACE ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/src)
 
 target_link_libraries(fgembeddedresources SimGearCore)