diff --git a/cmake/modules/FindMKL.cmake b/cmake/modules/FindMKL.cmake
index ef9d53379..80adeafd7 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/FindMKL.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/FindMKL.cmake
@@ -5,11 +5,16 @@
 #  MKL_LIBRARIES - The libraries needed to use mkl
 #  MKL_DEFINITIONS - Compiler switches required for using mkl
 
-find_path(MKL_INCLUDE_DIRS
+find_path(MKL_INCLUDE_DIR
             NAMES mkl.h
             HINTS $ENV{MKL_DIR}/include
             PATHS)
 
+find_path(MKL_FFTW_INCLUDE_DIR
+            NAMES fftw3.h
+            HINTS $ENV{MKL_DIR}/include/fftw
+            PATHS)
+
 find_library(MKL_LIBRARIES
             NAMES mkl_rt
             HINTS $ENV{MKL_DIR}/lib/intel64
@@ -31,6 +36,7 @@ find_library(MKL_SEQ
             PATHS)
 
 set(MKL_STATIC_LIBRARIES -Wl,--start-group ${MKL_CORE} ${MKL_ILP} ${MKL_SEQ} -Wl,--end-group -lpthread -lm -ldl)
+set(MKL_INCLUDE_DIRS ${MKL_INCLUDE_DIR} ${MKL_FFTW_INCLUDE_DIR})
 
 include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
 # handle the QUIETLY and REQUIRED arguments and set MKL_FOUND to TRUE
diff --git a/srslte/CMakeLists.txt b/srslte/CMakeLists.txt
index 29f471c4f..1e86e01c3 100644
--- a/srslte/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/srslte/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ add_custom_target (add_srslte_headers SOURCES ${HEADERS_ALL})
 find_package(MKL)
 if(MKL_FOUND)
   include_directories(${MKL_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-  include_directories(${MKL_INCLUDE_DIRS}/fftw)
   link_directories(${MKL_LIBRARY_DIRS})
 else(MKL_FOUND)
   find_package(FFTW3F REQUIRED)