diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 08b7eb60ab..98d2f6e706 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1833,7 +1833,7 @@ CYGWIN_EXTRA_PYTHON_LIBADD=
 MINGW_EXTRA_LDFLAGS=
 WIN32_EXTRA_CFLAGS=
 LIBVIRT_SYMBOL_FILE=libvirt.syms
-LIBVIRT_QEMU_SYMBOL_FILE=libvirt_qemu.syms
+LIBVIRT_QEMU_SYMBOL_FILE='$(srcdir)/libvirt_qemu.syms'
 case "$host" in
   *-*-cygwin*)
     CYGWIN_EXTRA_LDFLAGS="-no-undefined"
diff --git a/include/libvirt/libvirt-qemu.h b/include/libvirt/libvirt-qemu.h
index d21fd92772..9c191c7f1b 100644
--- a/include/libvirt/libvirt-qemu.h
+++ b/include/libvirt/libvirt-qemu.h
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #ifndef __VIR_QEMU_H__
 # define __VIR_QEMU_H__
 
-# include "libvirt.h"
+# include "libvirt/libvirt.h"
 
 # ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {