diff --git a/apps/dsm/CMakeLists.txt b/apps/dsm/CMakeLists.txt
index 366f9362..6633d2d0 100644
--- a/apps/dsm/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/apps/dsm/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@ DSMStateDiagramCollection.cpp
 DSMStateEngine.cpp
 )
 
-# needed for DSM sub-modules
-INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES (.)
-
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY (lib)
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY (mods)
 
diff --git a/cmake/dsm.lib.rules.txt b/cmake/dsm.lib.rules.txt
index c0390bcc..c7daa27b 100644
--- a/cmake/dsm.lib.rules.txt
+++ b/cmake/dsm.lib.rules.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # A place for common parts of SEMS DSM modules rules
-#
+
+# We must add base apps/dsm directory as INCLUDEDIR
+INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES (../..)
+
 # We adding sems_dsm_ prefix to the internal name of the library to avoid nasty
 # issue then this name is equals to external library, our module links to.
 # E.g. the issue, then speex module should be linked to -lspeex