diff --git a/python/perspective/setup.py b/python/perspective/setup.py
index 3cbfcc3815..784a97d213 100644
--- a/python/perspective/setup.py
+++ b/python/perspective/setup.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 import re
 import subprocess
 import sys
+import sysconfig
 from codecs import open
 from distutils.version import LooseVersion
 
@@ -129,6 +130,12 @@ def build_extension_cmake(self, ext):
             "-DPython_ADDITIONAL_VERSIONS={}".format(PYTHON_VERSION),
             "-DPython_FIND_VERSION={}".format(PYTHON_VERSION),
             "-DPython_EXECUTABLE={}".format(sys.executable).replace("\\", "/"),
+            "-DPYTHON_LIBRARY={}".format(sysconfig.get_config_var("LIBDIR")).replace(
+                "\\", "/"
+            ),
+            "-DPYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR={}".format(
+                sysconfig.get_config_var("INCLUDEPY")
+            ).replace("\\", "/"),
             "-DPython_ROOT_DIR={}".format(sys.prefix).replace("\\", "/"),
             "-DPython_ROOT={}".format(sys.prefix).replace("\\", "/"),
             "-DPSP_CMAKE_MODULE_PATH={folder}".format(