diff --git a/scripts/runqemu-export-rootfs b/scripts/runqemu-export-rootfs
index 6a8acd0d5a..150513bc50 100755
--- a/scripts/runqemu-export-rootfs
+++ b/scripts/runqemu-export-rootfs
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ MOUNTPID=~/.runqemu-sdk/mount$NFS_INSTANCE.pid
 PSEUDO_OPTS="-P $OECORE_NATIVE_SYSROOT/usr"
 PSEUDO_LOCALSTATEDIR="$NFS_EXPORT_DIR/../$(basename $NFS_EXPORT_DIR).pseudo_state"
 export PSEUDO_LOCALSTATEDIR
+PSEUDO_INCLUDE_PATHS="$NFS_EXPORT_DIR"
+export PSEUDO_INCLUDE_PATHS
 
 if [ ! -d "$PSEUDO_LOCALSTATEDIR" ]; then
 	echo "Error: $PSEUDO_LOCALSTATEDIR does not exist."