diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f46a150120..ab546d7237 100755
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ endif ()
 ### @brief project source
 ################################################################################
 
-include_directories(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR})
+include_directories(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR} ${CUSTOM_INCLUDES})
 
 ## -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ## --SECTION--                                                     COMMON MACROS
diff --git a/GNUmakefile b/GNUmakefile
index 5710c3ec24..07b8e81f30 100644
--- a/GNUmakefile
+++ b/GNUmakefile
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ pack-macosxcode:
 	./configure \
 		--prefix=/opt/arangodb
 
-	${MAKE} -f GNUMakefile pack-macosxcode-cmake
+	${MAKE} -f GNUMakefile pack-macosxcode-cmake CMAKE_ARGS=$(CMAKE_ARGS)
 
 pack-macosxcode-cmake:
 	cd Build && cmake \
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ pack-macosxcode-cmake:
 		-D "V8_VERSION=${V8_VERSION}" \
 		-D "ZLIB_VERSION=${ZLIB_VERSION}" \
 		-G Xcode \
+		${CMAKE_ARGS) \
 		..
 
 ################################################################################