diff --git a/lib/micropython/gen-qstr.sh b/lib/micropython/gen-qstr.sh
index 78ecf851363be7946005203330b18402bfd3aed5..a22683352e11ceb1d0199712f3a6e2847b88f60f 100755
--- a/lib/micropython/gen-qstr.sh
+++ b/lib/micropython/gen-qstr.sh
@@ -11,9 +11,8 @@ shift 5
 
 OUTPUT_DIR="$(dirname "$OUTPUT")"
 
-
 # call gcc -E to generate qstr.i.last
-gcc -E -DNO_QSTR -I"$SOURCE_DIR/micropython" -I"$PROJECT_SRC" -I"$OUTPUT_DIR" "$@" >"$OUTPUT_DIR/qstr.i.last"
+gcc -E -DNO_QSTR -I"$SOURCE_DIR/micropython" -I"$PROJECT_SRC" -I"$PROJECT_SRC/../epicardium" -I"$OUTPUT_DIR" "$@" >"$OUTPUT_DIR/qstr.i.last"
 
 # Remove previous artifacts
 rm -rf "$OUTPUT_DIR/qstr"
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ rm -rf "$OUTPUT_DIR/qstr"
 #    the official make file.  Seriously.
 cat "$SOURCE_DIR/micropython/py/qstrdefs.h" "$CUSTOM_QSTR" "$OUTPUT_DIR/qstrdefs.collected.h" \
     | sed 's/^Q(.*)/"&"/' \
-    | gcc -E -DNO_QSTR -I"$SOURCE_DIR/micropython" -I"$PROJECT_SRC" -I"$OUTPUT_DIR" - \
+    | gcc -E -DNO_QSTR -I"$SOURCE_DIR/micropython" -I"$PROJECT_SRC" -I"$PROJECT_SRC/../epicardium" -I"$OUTPUT_DIR" - \
     | sed 's/^\"\(Q(.*)\)\"/\1/' \
     >"$OUTPUT_DIR/qstrdefs.preprocessed.h"
 
diff --git a/pycardium/meson.build b/pycardium/meson.build
index aa637280ad625f1b482f654f5c4f293fcfe33668..3007f7b0d2855813c15fc327e1eca1d329bc28d3 100644
--- a/pycardium/meson.build
+++ b/pycardium/meson.build
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ upy = static_library(
   micropython_additional_sources,
   micropython_extmod_sources,
   mp_headers,
-  include_directories: micropython_includes,
+  include_directories: [micropython_includes, include_directories('../epicardium')],
   c_args: '-w',
 )
 
diff --git a/pycardium/mpconfigport.h b/pycardium/mpconfigport.h
index 359bf799e937e2d738019db898c3c33f0bd178f2..831b8360fdd25ed9a22fd6618d6aa55ec28a701c 100644
--- a/pycardium/mpconfigport.h
+++ b/pycardium/mpconfigport.h
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-// TODO: we need this define, but the header is not found...
-//#include "epicardium/epicardium.h"
-#define EPIC_INT_NUM                    9
+#include "epicardium.h"
 
 /* Hardware Name */
 #define MICROPY_HW_BOARD_NAME "card10"