diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e4b493c0..82a2fb1e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ endif()
 if(LOVR_USE_GLFW AND NOT (EMSCRIPTEN OR ANDROID))
   if(LOVR_SYSTEM_GLFW)
     pkg_search_module(GLFW REQUIRED glfw3)
-    include_directories(${GLFW_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+    list(APPEND LOVR_INCLUDES ${GLFW_INCLUDE_DIRS})
     set(LOVR_GLFW ${GLFW_LIBRARIES})
   else()
     set(GLFW_BUILD_EXAMPLES OFF CACHE BOOL "")
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ if(LOVR_USE_GLFW AND NOT (EMSCRIPTEN OR ANDROID))
     set(GLFW_INSTALL OFF CACHE BOOL "")
     set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS ON CACHE BOOL "")
     add_subdirectory(deps/glfw glfw)
-    include_directories(deps/glfw/include)
+    list(APPEND LOVR_INCLUDES deps/glfw/include)
     set(LOVR_GLFW glfw ${GLFW_LIBRARIES})
   endif()
   unset(LIB_SUFFIX CACHE)
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ endif()
 if(LOVR_USE_LUAJIT AND NOT EMSCRIPTEN)
   if(LOVR_SYSTEM_LUA)
     pkg_search_module(LUAJIT REQUIRED luajit)
-    include_directories(${LUAJIT_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+    set(LOVR_LUA_INCLUDE ${LUAJIT_INCLUDE_DIRS})
     set(LOVR_LUA ${LUAJIT_LIBRARIES})
   else()
     add_subdirectory(deps/luajit luajit)
@@ -120,13 +120,13 @@ if(LOVR_USE_LUAJIT AND NOT EMSCRIPTEN)
       target_compile_definitions(minilua PRIVATE _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS)
       target_compile_definitions(buildvm PRIVATE _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS)
     endif()
-    include_directories(deps/luajit/src ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/luajit)
+    set(LOVR_LUA_INCLUDE deps/luajit/src ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/luajit)
     set(LOVR_LUA libluajit)
   endif()
 else()
   if(LOVR_SYSTEM_LUA)
     pkg_search_module(LUA REQUIRED lua)
-    include_directories(${LUA_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+    set(LOVR_LUA_INCLUDE ${LUA_INCLUDE_DIRS})
     set(LOVR_LUA ${LUA_LIBRARIES})
   else()
     set(LUA_SRC
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ else()
     target_link_libraries(lua m)
     target_link_libraries(lua dl)
     target_compile_definitions(lua PRIVATE -DLUA_USE_DLOPEN)
-    include_directories(deps/lua)
+    set(LOVR_LUA_INCLUDE deps/lua)
     set(LOVR_LUA lua)
   endif()
 endif()
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ if(LOVR_ENABLE_DATA)
   set(MSDFGEN_USE_VCPKG OFF CACHE BOOL "")
   set(MSDFGEN_USE_CPP11 OFF CACHE BOOL "")
   add_subdirectory(deps/msdfgen msdfgen)
-  include_directories(deps/msdfgen)
+  list(APPEND LOVR_INCLUDES deps/msdfgen)
   set(LOVR_MSDF msdfgen-core)
   if(APPLE)
     set_target_properties(msdfgen-core PROPERTIES MACOSX_RPATH ON)
@@ -186,26 +186,26 @@ if(LOVR_USE_GLSLANG)
   if(NOT EMSCRIPTEN)
     set(ENABLE_GLSLANG_BINARIES ON CACHE BOOL "")
   endif()
-  include_directories(deps/glslang/glslang/Include deps/glslang/glslang/Public)
+  list(APPEND LOVR_INCLUDES deps/glslang/glslang/Include deps/glslang/glslang/Public)
   add_subdirectory(deps/glslang glslang)
   set(LOVR_GLSLANG glslang SPIRV glslang-default-resource-limits)
 endif()
 
 # Vulkan
 if(LOVR_USE_VULKAN)
-  include_directories(deps/vulkan-headers/include)
+  list(APPEND LOVR_INCLUDES deps/vulkan-headers/include)
 endif()
 
 # OpenXR
 if(LOVR_ENABLE_HEADSET AND LOVR_USE_OPENXR)
   if(LOVR_SYSTEM_OPENXR AND NOT ANDROID)
     pkg_search_module(OPENXR openxr REQUIRED)
-    include_directories(${OPENXR_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+    list(APPEND LOVR_INCLUDES ${OPENXR_INCLUDE_DIRS})
     set(LOVR_OPENXR ${OPENXR_LIBRARIES})
   else()
     set(DYNAMIC_LOADER ON CACHE BOOL "")
     set(BUILD_WITH_WAYLAND_HEADERS OFF CACHE BOOL "")
-    include_directories(deps/openxr/include)
+    list(APPEND LOVR_INCLUDES deps/openxr/include)
     add_subdirectory(deps/openxr openxr)
     set(LOVR_OPENXR openxr_loader)
   endif()
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ if(LOVR_USE_STEAM_AUDIO)
   if(CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P EQUAL 4) # Note: SteamAudio distributes 32 bit libs but wiring them up is very verbose
     message(FATAL_ERROR "LOVR_USE_STEAM_AUDIO is not currently available on 32 bit builds")
   endif()
-  include_directories("${LOVR_STEAM_AUDIO_PATH}/include")
+  list(APPEND LOVR_INCLUDES "${LOVR_STEAM_AUDIO_PATH}/include")
   add_library(Phonon SHARED IMPORTED)
   if(ANDROID)
     set_target_properties(Phonon PROPERTIES IMPORTED_LOCATION "${LOVR_STEAM_AUDIO_PATH}/lib/Android/arm64/libphonon.so")
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ if(LOVR_USE_OCULUS_AUDIO)
     message(FATAL_ERROR "LOVR_USE_OCULUS_AUDIO requires the LOVR_OCULUS_AUDIO_PATH to be set to the location of the Oculus Spatializer Native (AudioSDK) folder")
   endif()
 
-  include_directories("${LOVR_OCULUS_AUDIO_PATH}/Include")
+  list(APPEND LOVR_INCLUDES "${LOVR_OCULUS_AUDIO_PATH}/Include")
 
   add_library(OculusAudio SHARED IMPORTED)
   if(ANDROID)
@@ -319,6 +319,8 @@ set_target_properties(lovr PROPERTIES C_STANDARD 11)
 set_target_properties(lovr PROPERTIES C_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
 
 target_include_directories(lovr PRIVATE
+  ${LOVR_INCLUDES}
+  ${LOVR_LUA_INCLUDE}
   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src
   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/modules
   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/lib/std
@@ -618,6 +620,7 @@ if(NOT EMSCRIPTEN)
       endif()
       set_target_properties(${PLUGIN_TARGETS} PROPERTIES LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/plugins/${PLUGIN}")
       foreach(PLUGIN_TARGET ${PLUGIN_TARGETS})
+        target_include_directories(${PLUGIN_TARGET} PRIVATE ${LOVR_LUA_INCLUDE})
         target_link_libraries(${PLUGIN_TARGET} ${LOVR_LUA})
       endforeach()
       list(APPEND ALL_PLUGIN_TARGETS ${PLUGIN_TARGETS})