diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d2b26c52ef9158c1f62ed5afade2133329e55c2d..78330e30ba82454a6d48364df02f6acf7a4cc151 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@ if (BUILD_GUI)
 	set(NANOGUI_BUILD_EXAMPLE OFF CACHE BOOL " " FORCE)
 	set(NANOGUI_BUILD_PYTHON  OFF CACHE BOOL " " FORCE)
 	set(NANOGUI_INSTALL       OFF CACHE BOOL " " FORCE)
+	set(NANOGUI_EIGEN_INCLUDE_DIR ${EIGEN_INCLUDE_DIR} CACHE STRING " " FORCE)
 
 	# Add the configurations from nanogui
 	add_subdirectory(ext/nanogui)