diff --git a/examples/peripherals/spi_master/hd_eeprom/components/eeprom/component.mk b/examples/peripherals/spi_master/hd_eeprom/components/eeprom/component.mk
index 745175eec2..efad18a765 100644
--- a/examples/peripherals/spi_master/hd_eeprom/components/eeprom/component.mk
+++ b/examples/peripherals/spi_master/hd_eeprom/components/eeprom/component.mk
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
 # (Uses default behaviour of compiling all source files in directory, adding 'include' to include path.)
 
 COMPONENT_ADD_LDFRAGMENTS += linker.lf
+COMPONENT_ADD_INCLUDEDIRS := .