diff --git a/mesonbuild/interpreter.py b/mesonbuild/interpreter.py
index 0f6ea1c64..4f679fdb7 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/interpreter.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/interpreter.py
@@ -636,6 +636,15 @@ class CompilerHolder(InterpreterObject):
         if not isinstance(nobuiltins, bool):
             raise InterpreterException('Type of no_builtin_args not a boolean.')
         args = []
+        incdirs = kwargs.get('include_directories', [])
+        if not isinstance(incdirs, list):
+            incdirs = [incdirs]
+        for i in incdirs:
+            if not isinstance(i, IncludeDirsHolder):
+                raise InterpreterException('Include directories argument must be an include_directories object.')
+            for idir in i.held_object.get_incdirs():
+                idir = os.path.join(self.environment.get_source_dir(), idir)
+                args += self.compiler.get_include_args(idir, False)
         if not nobuiltins:
             opts = self.environment.coredata.compiler_options
             args += self.compiler.get_option_compile_args(opts)
diff --git a/test cases/linuxlike/1 pkg-config/incdir/myinc.h b/test cases/linuxlike/1 pkg-config/incdir/myinc.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4b66a6caa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test cases/linuxlike/1 pkg-config/incdir/myinc.h	
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include<zlib.h>
diff --git a/test cases/linuxlike/1 pkg-config/meson.build b/test cases/linuxlike/1 pkg-config/meson.build
index 5a8366c6a..36a454538 100644
--- a/test cases/linuxlike/1 pkg-config/meson.build	
+++ b/test cases/linuxlike/1 pkg-config/meson.build	
@@ -26,3 +26,23 @@ test('zlibtest2', exe2)
 # Try to find a nonexistant library to ensure requires:false works.
 
 dep = dependency('nvakuhrabnsdfasdf', required : false)
+
+# Try to compile a test that takes a dep and an include_directories
+
+cc = meson.get_compiler('c')
+zlibdep = cc.find_library('z')
+code = '''#include<myinc.h>
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+    void * something = deflate;
+    if(something != 0)
+        return 0;
+    return 1;
+}
+'''
+
+inc = include_directories('incdir')
+
+r = cc.run(code, include_directories : inc, dependencies : zlibdep)
+assert(r.returncode() == 0, 'Running manual zlib test failed.')
+