diff --git a/api/src/autoload.php b/api/src/autoload.php
index 4cdf971d1d..369ca317d7 100755
--- a/api/src/autoload.php
+++ b/api/src/autoload.php
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ if (!defined('EGW_SERVER_ROOT'))
 {
 	define('EGW_SERVER_ROOT', dirname(dirname(__DIR__)));
 	define('EGW_INCLUDE_ROOT', EGW_SERVER_ROOT);
-	define('EGW_API_INC', __DIR__);
+	define('EGW_API_INC', EGW_SERVER_ROOT.'/phpgwapi/inc');
 	error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE & ~E_STRICT);
 }