diff --git a/src/core/wscript b/src/core/wscript
index 8117e4bcc..52f7678ae 100644
--- a/src/core/wscript
+++ b/src/core/wscript
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ int main ()
     conf.write_config_header('ns3/core-config.h', top=True)
 
 def build(bld):
-    bld.install_files('${PREFIX}/include', '../../ns3/core-config.h')
+    bld.install_files('${PREFIX}/include/ns3', '../../ns3/core-config.h')
 
     core = bld.create_ns3_module('core')
     core.source = [