diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 6dafaad6e..5a2f4dff6 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -206,6 +206,18 @@ endif
 lzo_dep = dependency('lzo2', required: get_option('lzo'))
 if lzo_dep.found()
   conf.set('HAVE_LZO', 1)
+  # LZO <= 2.10 expects its headers to be included as <lzo/something.h>, but
+  # its pkg-config file specifies -I${includedir}/lzo, so the compiler won't
+  # find the headers if LZO is installed outside the default include paths.
+  # Add the correct include path.
+  lzo_includedir = lzo_dep.get_variable('includedir', default_value: '')
+  if lzo_includedir != ''
+    # LZO is not being built as a sibling Meson subproject
+    lzo_dep = declare_dependency(
+      compile_args: '-I' + lzo_includedir,
+      dependencies: lzo_dep,
+    )
+  endif
 endif
 
 dl_dep = cc.find_library('dl', required: false)
diff --git a/util/cairo-script/cairo-script-file.c b/util/cairo-script/cairo-script-file.c
index c45cc5086..7027f6027 100644
--- a/util/cairo-script/cairo-script-file.c
+++ b/util/cairo-script/cairo-script-file.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 #include <zlib.h>
 
 #if HAVE_LZO
-#include <lzo2a.h>
+#include <lzo/lzo2a.h>
 #endif
 
 #define CHUNK_SIZE 32768
diff --git a/util/cairo-script/cairo-script-operators.c b/util/cairo-script/cairo-script-operators.c
index a5eca6ffc..21fba5cc7 100644
--- a/util/cairo-script/cairo-script-operators.c
+++ b/util/cairo-script/cairo-script-operators.c
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #if HAVE_LZO
-#include <lzo2a.h>
+#include <lzo/lzo2a.h>
 #endif
 
 #ifdef HAVE_MMAP
diff --git a/util/cairo-script/cairo-script-scanner.c b/util/cairo-script/cairo-script-scanner.c
index 167cd7a1e..a69ae5f5a 100644
--- a/util/cairo-script/cairo-script-scanner.c
+++ b/util/cairo-script/cairo-script-scanner.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 #include <zlib.h>
 
 #if HAVE_LZO
-#include <lzo2a.h>
+#include <lzo/lzo2a.h>
 #endif
 
 #define DEBUG_SCAN 0