diff --git a/production/sql/src/CMakeLists.txt b/production/sql/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 6c9f3cd3883d..d2c61bc77b8b 100644
--- a/production/sql/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/production/sql/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ set_target_properties(
 add_dependencies(gaia_fdw gen_fbs)
 # our private headers
 target_include_directories(gaia_fdw PRIVATE "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/inc")
+# common internal headers
+target_include_directories(gaia_fdw PRIVATE "${GAIA_INC}/public/common")
 # for flatbuffers generated code
 target_include_directories(gaia_fdw SYSTEM PRIVATE "${GEN_DIR}")
 # for postgres