diff --git a/stepmania/src/StepMania.dsp b/stepmania/src/StepMania.dsp
index 0b0da666a1..643a90396b 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/StepMania.dsp
+++ b/stepmania/src/StepMania.dsp
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ RSC=rc.exe
 # PROP Ignore_Export_Lib 0
 # PROP Target_Dir ""
 # ADD BASE CPP /nologo /W3 /GX /O2 /D "WIN32" /D "NDEBUG" /D "_WINDOWS" /D "_MBCS" /YX /FD /c
-# ADD CPP /nologo /MD /W3 /GX /Zi /O2 /Ob2 /I "SDL-1.2.5\include" /I "SDL_image-1.2" /I "plib-1.6.0" /D "WIN32" /D "NDEBUG" /D "_WINDOWS" /D "_MBCS" /FR /YX /FD /c
+# ADD CPP /nologo /MD /W3 /GX /Zi /O2 /Ob2 /I "." /I "SDL-1.2.5\include" /I "SDL_image-1.2" /I "plib-1.6.0" /D "WIN32" /D "NDEBUG" /D "_WINDOWS" /D "_MBCS" /FR /YX /FD /c
 # ADD BASE MTL /nologo /D "NDEBUG" /mktyplib203 /win32
 # ADD MTL /nologo /D "NDEBUG" /mktyplib203 /win32
 # ADD BASE RSC /l 0x409 /d "NDEBUG"
diff --git a/stepmania/src/StepMania.vcproj b/stepmania/src/StepMania.vcproj
index 4a4df10352..5d6fb6e382 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/StepMania.vcproj
+++ b/stepmania/src/StepMania.vcproj
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 				AdditionalOptions="/EHa"
 				Optimization="0"
-				AdditionalIncludeDirectories=".;SDL-1.2.5/include,SDL_image-1.2"
+				AdditionalIncludeDirectories=".,SDL-1.2.5/include,SDL_image-1.2"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32,_DEBUG,_WINDOWS,DEBUG"
 				ExceptionHandling="FALSE"
 				BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ cl /Zl /nologo /c verstub.cpp /Fo$(IntDir)\
 				FavorSizeOrSpeed="2"
 				OptimizeForProcessor="2"
 				OptimizeForWindowsApplication="TRUE"
-				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="SDL-1.2.5/include,SDL_image-1.2"
+				AdditionalIncludeDirectories=".,SDL-1.2.5/include,SDL_image-1.2"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32,NDEBUG,_WINDOWS,RELEASE"
 				StringPooling="TRUE"
 				MinimalRebuild="FALSE"