diff --git a/makefiles/Makefile.unix b/makefiles/Makefile.unix
index 717e2831f10..003352cc1ae 100755
--- a/makefiles/Makefile.unix
+++ b/makefiles/Makefile.unix
@@ -41,10 +41,16 @@ FZ_EXE = fzn-or-tools$E
 
 # This is needed to find python.h
 PYTHON_VERSION = $(UNIX_PYTHON_VER)
-PATH_TO_PYTHON_INCLUDE = $(shell python$(UNIX_PYTHON_VER) -c 'import sysconfig; print (sysconfig.get_paths()["platinclude"])')
+
 PATH_TO_PYTHON_LIB = $(shell python$(UNIX_PYTHON_VER) -c 'import sysconfig; print (sysconfig.get_paths()["stdlib"])')
+PATH_TO_PYTHON_INCLUDE = $(shell python$(UNIX_PYTHON_VER) -c 'import sysconfig; print (sysconfig.get_paths()["platinclude"])')
+
 PYTHON_INC = -I$(PATH_TO_PYTHON_INCLUDE) -I$(PATH_TO_PYTHON_LIB) $(ADD_PYTHON_INC)
 
+ifeq ($(PLATFORM),LINUX)
+MAJOR_PYTHON_VERSION = $(shell python$(UNIX_PYTHON_VER) -c "from sys import version_info as v; print (str(v[0]))")
+PYTHON_INC += $(shell pkg-config --cflags --libs python$(MAJOR_PYTHON_VERSION) 2> /dev/null)
+endif
 
 # This is needed to find gflags/gflags.h
 GFLAGS_INC = -I$(UNIX_GFLAGS_DIR)/include