diff --git a/alloca.c b/alloca.c
index 28260034..bd4932aa 100644
--- a/alloca.c
+++ b/alloca.c
@@ -22,7 +22,11 @@
    your main control loop, etc. to force garbage collection.  */
 
 #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#if defined (emacs) || defined (CONFIG_BROKETS)
 #include <config.h>
+#else
+#include "config.h"
+#endif
 #endif
 
 /* If compiling with GCC 2, this file's not needed.  */