diff --git a/tools/export/gnuarmeclipse/.cproject.tmpl b/tools/export/gnuarmeclipse/.cproject.tmpl
index 965510b087..1b798cb331 100644
--- a/tools/export/gnuarmeclipse/.cproject.tmpl
+++ b/tools/export/gnuarmeclipse/.cproject.tmpl
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@
 								</option>
 								<option id="ilg.gnuarmeclipse.managedbuild.cross.option.assembler.include.files.{{u.id}}" superClass="ilg.gnuarmeclipse.managedbuild.cross.option.assembler.include.files" useByScannerDiscovery="true" valueType="includeFiles">
 									{% for file in opts['common']['include_files'] %}
-									<listOptionValue builtIn="false" value="&quot;{{file}}&quot;"/>
+									<listOptionValue builtIn="false" value="&quot;${ProjDirPath}/{{file}}&quot;"/>
 									{% endfor %}
 								</option>
 								{% if opts['as']['otherwarnings'] != '' %}
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@
 								</option>
 								<option id="ilg.gnuarmeclipse.managedbuild.cross.option.c.compiler.include.files.{{u.id}}" name="Include files (-include)" superClass="ilg.gnuarmeclipse.managedbuild.cross.option.c.compiler.include.files" useByScannerDiscovery="true" valueType="includeFiles">
 									{% for file in opts['common']['include_files'] %}
-									<listOptionValue builtIn="false" value="&quot;{{file}}&quot;"/>
+									<listOptionValue builtIn="false" value="&quot;${ProjDirPath}/{{file}}&quot;"/>
 									{% endfor %}
 								</option>
 								{% if opts['c']['compiler.std'] %}
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@
 								</option>
 								<option id="ilg.gnuarmeclipse.managedbuild.cross.option.cpp.compiler.include.files.{{u.id}}" name="Include files (-include)" superClass="ilg.gnuarmeclipse.managedbuild.cross.option.cpp.compiler.include.files" useByScannerDiscovery="true" valueType="includeFiles">
 									{% for file in opts['common']['include_files'] %}
-									<listOptionValue builtIn="false" value="&quot;{{file}}&quot;"/>
+									<listOptionValue builtIn="false" value="&quot;${ProjDirPath}/{{file}}&quot;"/>
 									{% endfor %}
 								</option>
 								{% if opts['cpp']['compiler.std'] %}