diff --git a/payloads/libpayload/Makefile b/payloads/libpayload/Makefile
index 2014cd4ec9..0104a11fbc 100644
--- a/payloads/libpayload/Makefile
+++ b/payloads/libpayload/Makefile
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ export obj ?= build
 export objutil ?= $(obj)/util
 export objk := $(objutil)/lp_kconfig
 export absobj := $(abspath $(obj))
+VBOOT_SOURCE ?= $(coreboottop)/3rdparty/vboot
 
 export KCONFIG_AUTOHEADER := $(obj)/config.h
 export KCONFIG_AUTOCONFIG := $(obj)/auto.conf
diff --git a/payloads/libpayload/Makefile.inc b/payloads/libpayload/Makefile.inc
index ac7bb81715..c540bb7dbc 100644
--- a/payloads/libpayload/Makefile.inc
+++ b/payloads/libpayload/Makefile.inc
@@ -131,6 +131,15 @@ install: real-target
 	$(foreach item,$(includes), \
 		install -m 755 -d $(DESTDIR)/libpayload/include/$(call extract_nth,2,$(item)); \
 		install -m 644 $(call extract_nth,1,$(item)) $(DESTDIR)/libpayload/include/$(call extract_nth,2,$(item)); )
+	printf "    INSTALL    $(DESTDIR)/libpayload/vboot\n"
+	install -m 755 -d $(DESTDIR)/libpayload/vboot
+	for file in `find $(VBOOT_SOURCE)/firmware/include \
+			  $(VBOOT_SOURCE)/firmware/2lib/include \
+			  -iname '*.h' -type f \
+			  | sed 's,$(VBOOT_SOURCE)/firmware/,,'`; do \
+		install -m 755 -d $(DESTDIR)/libpayload/vboot/$$(dirname $$file); \
+		install -m 644 $(VBOOT_SOURCE)/firmware/$$file $(DESTDIR)/libpayload/vboot/$$file ; \
+	done
 	printf "    INSTALL    $(DESTDIR)/libpayload/bin\n"
 	install -m 755 -d $(DESTDIR)/libpayload/bin
 	install -m 755 bin/lpgcc $(DESTDIR)/libpayload/bin
diff --git a/payloads/libpayload/bin/lp.functions b/payloads/libpayload/bin/lp.functions
index fd26956243..d641e69991 100644
--- a/payloads/libpayload/bin/lp.functions
+++ b/payloads/libpayload/bin/lp.functions
@@ -63,3 +63,9 @@ if [ -d $BASE/../include ]; then
 else
 	_INCDIR=$LIBPAYLOAD_PREFIX/include
 fi
+
+if [ -d $BASE/../vboot ]; then
+	_VBOOTINCDIR=$BASE/../vboot/include
+else
+	_VBOOTINCDIR=$LIBPAYLOAD_PREFIX/../vboot/include
+fi
diff --git a/payloads/libpayload/bin/lpgcc b/payloads/libpayload/bin/lpgcc
index a0b736b5e3..2ad9ef525a 100755
--- a/payloads/libpayload/bin/lpgcc
+++ b/payloads/libpayload/bin/lpgcc
@@ -169,6 +169,9 @@ if [ $_LIBDIR = $_OBJ ]; then
     fi
 
     _CFLAGS="$_CFLAGS -I$BASE/../../../src/commonlib/bsd/include"
+    _CFLAGS="$_CFLAGS -I$BASE/../../../3rdparty/vboot/firmware/include"
+else
+    _CFLAGS="$_CFLAGS -I$_VBOOTINCDIR"
 fi
 
 # Check for the -fno-stack-protector silliness
diff --git a/payloads/libpayload/vboot/Makefile.inc b/payloads/libpayload/vboot/Makefile.inc
index 8289f63945..9e9e90bcdd 100644
--- a/payloads/libpayload/vboot/Makefile.inc
+++ b/payloads/libpayload/vboot/Makefile.inc
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
-VBOOT_SOURCE ?= $(coreboottop)/3rdparty/vboot
-
 VBOOT_BUILD_DIR ?= $(abspath $(obj)/external/vboot)
 VBOOT_FW_LIB = $(VBOOT_BUILD_DIR)/vboot_fw.a
 TLCL_LIB = $(VBOOT_BUILD_DIR)/tlcl.a