diff --git a/panels/notifications/Makefile.am b/panels/notifications/Makefile.am
index e51272e81..03fc75579 100644
--- a/panels/notifications/Makefile.am
+++ b/panels/notifications/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cappletname = notifications
 
-INCLUDES = 						\
+AM_CPPFLAGS = 						\
 	$(PANEL_CFLAGS)					\
 	$(NOTIFICATIONS_PANEL_CFLAGS)			\
 	-DGNOMELOCALEDIR="\"$(datadir)/locale\""	\