diff --git a/plugins/pyerl/pyerl.c b/plugins/pyerl/pyerl.c
index a335f03..aee98e2 100644
--- a/plugins/pyerl/pyerl.c
+++ b/plugins/pyerl/pyerl.c
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ void pyerl_init() {
 }
 
 struct uwsgi_plugin pyerl_plugin = {
-
+        .name = "pyerl",
         .post_init = pyerl_init,
 };
 
diff --git a/plugins/pyerl/uwsgiplugin.py b/plugins/pyerl/uwsgiplugin.py
index 161d722..ae9c68d 100644
--- a/plugins/pyerl/uwsgiplugin.py
+++ b/plugins/pyerl/uwsgiplugin.py
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 from distutils import sysconfig
+import os
 
 NAME='pyerl'
-CFLAGS = ['-I' + sysconfig.get_python_inc(), '-I' + sysconfig.get_python_inc(plat_specific=True)]
+
+ERLANGPATH = os.environ.get('UWSGICONFIG_ERLANGPATH', 'erl')
+includedir = os.popen(ERLANGPATH + " -noshell -noinput -eval \"io:format('~s~n', [code:lib_dir(erl_interface, include)])\" -s erlang halt").read().rstrip()
+
+CFLAGS = ['-I' + sysconfig.get_python_inc(), '-I' + sysconfig.get_python_inc(plat_specific=True),  '-I' + includedir ]
 LDFLAGS = []
 LIBS = []