diff --git a/code/nel/src/misc/CMakeLists.txt b/code/nel/src/misc/CMakeLists.txt
index bb404f88a..63f9f4330 100644
--- a/code/nel/src/misc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/code/nel/src/misc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ IF(JPEG_FOUND)
   TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(nelmisc ${JPEG_LIBRARY})
 ENDIF(JPEG_FOUND)
 
+# For DirectInput (di_event_emitter)
+IF(WIN32)
+  INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${DXSDK_INCLUDE_DIR})
+ENDIF(WIN32)
+
 INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${LIBXML2_INCLUDE_DIR} ${PNG_INCLUDE_DIR} config_file)
 TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(nelmisc ${LIBXML2_LIBRARIES} ${PNG_LIBRARIES} ${WINSOCK2_LIB})
 NL_DEFAULT_PROPS(nelmisc "Library: NeL Misc")