diff --git a/drivers/net/cxgbe/Makefile b/drivers/net/cxgbe/Makefile
index 68466f13e..d809f4720 100644
--- a/drivers/net/cxgbe/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/net/cxgbe/Makefile
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ include $(RTE_SDK)/mk/rte.vars.mk
 #
 LIB = librte_pmd_cxgbe.a
 
-CFLAGS += -I$(SRCDIR)/base/
-CFLAGS += -I$(SRCDIR)
 CFLAGS += -O3
 CFLAGS += $(WERROR_FLAGS)
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/cxgbe/base/adapter.h b/drivers/net/cxgbe/base/adapter.h
index 47cfc5f5f..17ce60d04 100644
--- a/drivers/net/cxgbe/base/adapter.h
+++ b/drivers/net/cxgbe/base/adapter.h
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@
 #include <rte_rwlock.h>
 #include <rte_ethdev.h>
 
-#include "cxgbe_compat.h"
+#include "../cxgbe_compat.h"
+#include "../cxgbe_ofld.h"
 #include "t4_regs_values.h"
-#include "cxgbe_ofld.h"
 
 enum {
 	MAX_ETH_QSETS = 64,           /* # of Ethernet Tx/Rx queue sets */
diff --git a/drivers/net/cxgbe/base/common.h b/drivers/net/cxgbe/base/common.h
index fd2006682..84311fc95 100644
--- a/drivers/net/cxgbe/base/common.h
+++ b/drivers/net/cxgbe/base/common.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #ifndef __CHELSIO_COMMON_H
 #define __CHELSIO_COMMON_H
 
-#include "cxgbe_compat.h"
+#include "../cxgbe_compat.h"
 #include "t4_hw.h"
 #include "t4vf_hw.h"
 #include "t4_chip_type.h"
diff --git a/drivers/net/cxgbe/clip_tbl.c b/drivers/net/cxgbe/clip_tbl.c
index 5e4dc5270..a0ab2a6ac 100644
--- a/drivers/net/cxgbe/clip_tbl.c
+++ b/drivers/net/cxgbe/clip_tbl.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * All rights reserved.
  */
 
-#include "common.h"
+#include "base/common.h"
 #include "clip_tbl.h"
 
 /**
diff --git a/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe.h b/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe.h
index eb58f8802..5a7490f91 100644
--- a/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe.h
+++ b/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe.h
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 #ifndef _CXGBE_H_
 #define _CXGBE_H_
 
-#include "common.h"
-#include "t4_regs.h"
+#include "base/common.h"
+#include "base/t4_regs.h"
 
 #define CXGBE_MIN_RING_DESC_SIZE      128  /* Min TX/RX descriptor ring size */
 #define CXGBE_MAX_RING_DESC_SIZE      4096 /* Max TX/RX descriptor ring size */
diff --git a/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe_ethdev.c
index b2f83ea37..010a818eb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe_ethdev.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 /*
  *... and the PCI ID Table itself ...
  */
-#include "t4_pci_id_tbl.h"
+#include "base/t4_pci_id_tbl.h"
 
 uint16_t cxgbe_xmit_pkts(void *tx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts,
 			 uint16_t nb_pkts)
diff --git a/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe_filter.c b/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe_filter.c
index 3a7912e48..86a6158fd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe_filter.c
+++ b/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe_filter.c
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@
  * All rights reserved.
  */
 #include <rte_net.h>
-#include "common.h"
-#include "t4_tcb.h"
-#include "t4_regs.h"
+
+#include "base/common.h"
+#include "base/t4_tcb.h"
+#include "base/t4_regs.h"
 #include "cxgbe_filter.h"
 #include "clip_tbl.h"
 #include "l2t.h"
diff --git a/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe_filter.h b/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe_filter.h
index b7bcbf56a..2d6077718 100644
--- a/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe_filter.h
+++ b/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe_filter.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #ifndef _CXGBE_FILTER_H_
 #define _CXGBE_FILTER_H_
 
-#include "t4_msg.h"
+#include "base/t4_msg.h"
 /*
  * Defined bit width of user definable filter tuples
  */
diff --git a/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe_flow.c b/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe_flow.c
index 7b87bdf58..099499c2b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe_flow.c
+++ b/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe_flow.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * Copyright(c) 2018 Chelsio Communications.
  * All rights reserved.
  */
-#include "common.h"
+#include "base/common.h"
 #include "cxgbe_flow.h"
 
 #define __CXGBE_FILL_FS(__v, __m, fs, elem, e) \
diff --git a/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe_main.c
index 5fa6cdd05..fd0707b95 100644
--- a/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe_main.c
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@
 #include <rte_dev.h>
 #include <rte_kvargs.h>
 
-#include "common.h"
-#include "t4_regs.h"
-#include "t4_msg.h"
+#include "base/common.h"
+#include "base/t4_regs.h"
+#include "base/t4_msg.h"
 #include "cxgbe.h"
 #include "clip_tbl.h"
 #include "l2t.h"
diff --git a/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbevf_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbevf_ethdev.c
index a6458d533..0e93d99e6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbevf_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbevf_ethdev.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 /*
  *... and the PCI ID Table itself ...
  */
-#include "t4_pci_id_tbl.h"
+#include "base/t4_pci_id_tbl.h"
 
 /*
  * Get port statistics.
diff --git a/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbevf_main.c b/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbevf_main.c
index 61bd85193..f440b4345 100644
--- a/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbevf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbevf_main.c
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
 #include <rte_ethdev_pci.h>
 #include <rte_malloc.h>
 
-#include "common.h"
-#include "t4_regs.h"
-#include "t4_msg.h"
+#include "base/common.h"
+#include "base/t4_regs.h"
+#include "base/t4_msg.h"
 #include "cxgbe.h"
 #include "mps_tcam.h"
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/cxgbe/l2t.c b/drivers/net/cxgbe/l2t.c
index 814188fea..27cdf6f33 100644
--- a/drivers/net/cxgbe/l2t.c
+++ b/drivers/net/cxgbe/l2t.c
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
  * Copyright(c) 2018 Chelsio Communications.
  * All rights reserved.
  */
-#include "common.h"
+
+#include "base/common.h"
 #include "l2t.h"
 
 /**
diff --git a/drivers/net/cxgbe/l2t.h b/drivers/net/cxgbe/l2t.h
index 22a34e388..ee40dc1f6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/cxgbe/l2t.h
+++ b/drivers/net/cxgbe/l2t.h
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #ifndef _CXGBE_L2T_H_
 #define _CXGBE_L2T_H_
 
-#include "t4_msg.h"
+#include "base/t4_msg.h"
 
 enum {
 	L2T_SIZE = 4096       /* # of L2T entries */
diff --git a/drivers/net/cxgbe/mps_tcam.h b/drivers/net/cxgbe/mps_tcam.h
index c3d6fe0d7..f86bac7bd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/cxgbe/mps_tcam.h
+++ b/drivers/net/cxgbe/mps_tcam.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #ifndef _CXGBE_MPSTCAM_H_
 #define _CXGBE_MPSTCAM_H_
 
-#include "common.h"
+#include "base/common.h"
 
 enum {
 	MPS_ENTRY_UNUSED,	/* Keep this first so memset 0 renders
diff --git a/drivers/net/cxgbe/sge.c b/drivers/net/cxgbe/sge.c
index f9d2d48a0..bf0afb138 100644
--- a/drivers/net/cxgbe/sge.c
+++ b/drivers/net/cxgbe/sge.c
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@
 #include <rte_random.h>
 #include <rte_dev.h>
 
-#include "common.h"
-#include "t4_regs.h"
-#include "t4_msg.h"
+#include "base/common.h"
+#include "base/t4_regs.h"
+#include "base/t4_msg.h"
 #include "cxgbe.h"
 
 static inline void ship_tx_pkt_coalesce_wr(struct adapter *adap,
