diff --git a/plugins/erlang/uwsgiplugin.py b/plugins/erlang/uwsgiplugin.py
index 2797e4a6..7b6a0d12 100644
--- a/plugins/erlang/uwsgiplugin.py
+++ b/plugins/erlang/uwsgiplugin.py
@@ -1,7 +1,15 @@
+import os
 
 NAME='erlang'
-CFLAGS = []
-LDFLAGS = []
+
+ERLANGPATH = os.environ.get('UWSGICONFIG_ERLANGPATH', 'erl')
+
+includedir = os.popen(ERLANGPATH + " -noshell -noinput -eval \"io:format('~s~n', [code:lib_dir(erl_interface, include)])\" -s erlang halt").read().rstrip()
+libpath = os.popen(ERLANGPATH + " -noshell -noinput -eval \"io:format('~s~n', [code:lib_dir(erl_interface, lib)])\" -s erlang halt").read().rstrip()
+
+CFLAGS = [ '-I' + includedir ]
+LDFLAGS = [ '-L' + libpath ]
+
 LIBS = ['-lei']
 
 GCC_LIST = ['erlang']