diff --git a/cpu/esp8266/vendor/esp-idf/wpa_supplicant/port/Makefile b/cpu/esp8266/vendor/esp-idf/wpa_supplicant/port/Makefile
index 1280d9b90a..df0f858bc9 100644
--- a/cpu/esp8266/vendor/esp-idf/wpa_supplicant/port/Makefile
+++ b/cpu/esp8266/vendor/esp-idf/wpa_supplicant/port/Makefile
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ INCLUDES += -I$(RIOTBASE)/core/include
 INCLUDES += -I$(RIOTBASE)/sys/include
 INCLUDES += -I$(RIOTCPU)/$(CPU)/vendor/esp-idf/log/include
 INCLUDES += -I$(RIOTCPU)/$(CPU)/include
-INCLUDES += -I$(RIOTBOARD)/$(BOARD)/include
+INCLUDES += -I$(BOARDDIR)/include
diff --git a/cpu/esp8266/vendor/esp-idf/wpa_supplicant/src/crypto/Makefile b/cpu/esp8266/vendor/esp-idf/wpa_supplicant/src/crypto/Makefile
index 5763af65ed..fa033d8e33 100644
--- a/cpu/esp8266/vendor/esp-idf/wpa_supplicant/src/crypto/Makefile
+++ b/cpu/esp8266/vendor/esp-idf/wpa_supplicant/src/crypto/Makefile
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@ INCLUDES += -I$(RIOTBASE)/core/include
 INCLUDES += -I$(RIOTBASE)/sys/include
 INCLUDES += -I$(RIOTCPU)/$(CPU)/vendor/esp-idf/log/include
 INCLUDES += -I$(RIOTCPU)/$(CPU)/include
-INCLUDES += -I$(RIOTBOARD)/$(BOARD)/include
+INCLUDES += -I$(BOARDDIR)/include