diff --git a/common.mk b/common.mk
index d390366d..147f277d 100644
--- a/common.mk
+++ b/common.mk
@@ -506,14 +506,14 @@ ifeq ($(DO_CHECKS), 1)
         # NUMPY is available -> next step should not fail
         # That's why we are not checking if the NUMPY_INCL_FLAG is defined.
         ifeq ($(NUMPY_CHECKED), 0)
-          export NUMPY_INCL_FLAG := $(shell $(PYTHON) -c "from __future__ import print_function; import numpy; print('-isystem ' + numpy.__path__[0] + '/core/include/numpy/')")
+          export NUMPY_INCL_FLAG := $(shell $(PYTHON) -c "from __future__ import print_function; import numpy; print('-isystem ' + numpy.get_include())")
           # Take the second word -> the path (the first word is "isystem")
           NUMPY_INCL_PATH := $(word 2, ${NUMPY_INCL_FLAG})
           # Now check that the 'arrayobject.h' file is present in the
           # supposed numpy directory. Otherwise, compilation will fail.
           # The absence of the file likely indicates a missing numpy-devel
           # package (see issue #134 on github)
-          NUMPY_NEEDED_HEADER_FILE := ${NUMPY_INCL_PATH}arrayobject.h
+          NUMPY_NEEDED_HEADER_FILE := ${NUMPY_INCL_PATH}/numpy/arrayobject.h
           ifeq (,$(wildcard ${NUMPY_NEEDED_HEADER_FILE}))
             $(error Required $(ccred)numpy headers$(ccreset) are missing...stopping the compilation. You might be able to fix this by installing $(ccblue)numpy-devel$(ccreset))
           endif
diff --git a/mocks/python_bindings/_countpairs_mocks.c b/mocks/python_bindings/_countpairs_mocks.c
index cbe41afa..e4f386a9 100644
--- a/mocks/python_bindings/_countpairs_mocks.c
+++ b/mocks/python_bindings/_countpairs_mocks.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include <Python.h>
 
 /* Now, include the numpy header*/
-#include <arrayobject.h>
+#include <numpy/arrayobject.h>
 
 //for correlation functions
 #include "countpairs_rp_pi_mocks.h"
diff --git a/theory/python_bindings/_countpairs.c b/theory/python_bindings/_countpairs.c
index 8bc3c93c..9f52ca3e 100644
--- a/theory/python_bindings/_countpairs.c
+++ b/theory/python_bindings/_countpairs.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 
 /* Now, include the numpy header*/
-#include <arrayobject.h>
+#include <numpy/arrayobject.h>
 
 //for correlation functions
 #include "countpairs.h"