diff --git a/apps/plugins/Makefile b/apps/plugins/Makefile
index 1c703f2573..d86cbf5263 100644
--- a/apps/plugins/Makefile
+++ b/apps/plugins/Makefile
@@ -12,11 +12,18 @@ OC    = sh-elf-objcopy
 
 FIRMWARE = ../../firmware
 
+# Check if this is a kind of Recorder
+ANYREC = $(findstring RECORDER, $(TARGET))
+
 INCLUDES = -I$(FIRMWARE)/include -I$(FIRMWARE)/export -I$(FIRMWARE)/common \
 -I$(FIRMWARE)/drivers -I.. -Ilib
 CFLAGS = -O -W -Wall -m1 -nostdlib -ffreestanding -Wstrict-prototypes	\
 $(INCLUDES) $(TARGET) $(EXTRA_DEFINES) -DMEM=${MEM} -DPLUGIN
 
+ifeq ($(ANYREC), RECORDER)
+INCLUDES += -I../recorder
+endif
+
 LDS := plugin.lds
 LINKFILE := $(OBJDIR)/pluginlink.lds
 
diff --git a/apps/plugins/lib/Makefile b/apps/plugins/lib/Makefile
index dcab0ad749..df527d84f2 100644
--- a/apps/plugins/lib/Makefile
+++ b/apps/plugins/lib/Makefile
@@ -23,12 +23,19 @@ endif
 
 FIRMWARE = ../../../firmware
 
+# Check if this is a kind of Recorder
+ANYREC = $(findstring RECORDER, $(TARGET))
+
 # ../.. for the plugin.h in the apps dir
 # .. for stuff in the plugins dir
 # . for stuff in the pluginlib dir
 INCLUDES=-I../.. -I.. -I. -I$(FIRMWARE)/include -I$(FIRMWARE)/export	\
  -I$(FIRMWARE)/common -I$(FIRMWARE)/drivers
 
+ifeq ($(ANYREC), RECORDER)
+INCLUDES += -I../../recorder
+endif
+
 ifdef SIMULATOR
 CFLAGS = -W -Wall -O -nostdlib -ffreestanding -Wstrict-prototypes	\
 $(INCLUDES) $(TARGET) $(EXTRA_DEFINES) -DSIMULATOR