diff --git a/alternator/CMakeLists.txt b/alternator/CMakeLists.txt
index 1395515ea4..8a1af4a2f4 100644
--- a/alternator/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/alternator/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,3 +17,10 @@ target_sources(alternator
     streams.cc
     ttl.cc
     ${cql_grammar_srcs})
+target_include_directories(alternator
+  PUBLIC
+    ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
+    ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
+target_link_libraries(alternator
+  Seastar::seastar
+  xxHash::xxhash)