diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index ab7edf7..2844ea5 100755
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -7,12 +7,20 @@ all: $(libname)
 $(libname): $(o)
 	ar rcs $(libname) $(o)
 
+additionalinclude =
+
+ifdef EZC_USE_WINIX_LOGGER
+additionalinclude = -I../../winix
+endif
+
 
 %.o: %.cpp
-	$(CXX) -c $(CXXFLAGS) $<
+	$(CXX) -c $(CXXFLAGS) -I../../pikotools $(additionalinclude) $<
 
 
 depend:
+	# we do not use $(additionalinclude) here because the dependencies would be added to the repository
+	# and messes other projects
 	makedepend -Y. -I../../pikotools -f- *.cpp > Makefile.dep
 	echo -n "o = " > Makefile.o.dep
 	ls -1 *.cpp | xargs -I foo echo -n foo " " | sed -E "s/([^\.]*)\.cpp[ ]/\1\.o/g" >> Makefile.o.dep