diff --git a/contrib/svn-fe/.gitignore b/contrib/svn-fe/.gitignore
index 27a33b669edd49ab2386337d16602de6a319d97e..02a779158572b5361396c5c093d9212126d9543d 100644
--- a/contrib/svn-fe/.gitignore
+++ b/contrib/svn-fe/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 /*.xml
 /*.1
 /*.html
+/svn-fe
diff --git a/contrib/svn-fe/Makefile b/contrib/svn-fe/Makefile
index 4cc8d1582749687859c9d4db9ab02c85fa0b7d15..360d8da41754edf251b5441fcb89176ca3d4cda8 100644
--- a/contrib/svn-fe/Makefile
+++ b/contrib/svn-fe/Makefile
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ svn-fe$X: svn-fe.o $(VCSSVN_LIB) $(GIT_LIB)
 		$(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(LIBS)
 
 svn-fe.o: svn-fe.c ../../vcs-svn/svndump.h
-	$(QUIET_CC)$(CC) -o $*.o -c $(ALL_CFLAGS) $<
+	$(QUIET_CC)$(CC) -I../../vcs-svn -o $*.o -c $(ALL_CFLAGS) $<
 
 svn-fe.html: svn-fe.txt
 	$(QUIET_SUBDIR0)../../Documentation $(QUIET_SUBDIR1) \
diff --git a/contrib/svn-fe/svn-fe.c b/contrib/svn-fe/svn-fe.c
index 43c4320cace0beec397ae4a05a9a8a0228fff010..e9b9ba4da41c2de0a8ed8e1c540d2c108d0616f0 100644
--- a/contrib/svn-fe/svn-fe.c
+++ b/contrib/svn-fe/svn-fe.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
-#include "vcs-svn/svndump.h"
+#include "svndump.h"
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {