diff --git a/tools/lguest/Makefile b/tools/lguest/Makefile
index 97bca4871ea3..a107b5e4da13 100644
--- a/tools/lguest/Makefile
+++ b/tools/lguest/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 # This creates the demonstration utility "lguest" which runs a Linux guest.
-CFLAGS:=-m32 -Wall -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-prototypes -O3 -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE
+CFLAGS:=-m32 -Wall -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-prototypes -O3 -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -Iinclude
 
 all: lguest
 
+include/linux/virtio_types.h: ../../include/uapi/linux/virtio_types.h
+	mkdir -p include/linux 2>&1 || true
+	ln -sf ../../../../include/uapi/linux/virtio_types.h $@
+
+lguest: include/linux/virtio_types.h
+
 clean:
 	rm -f lguest