diff -ru -Xf distutils/distutils/command/build_ext.py distutils.swig/distutils/command/build_ext.py
--- distutils/distutils/command/build_ext.py	2002-11-19 14:12:28.000000000 +0100
+++ distutils.swig/distutils/command/build_ext.py	2003-10-22 18:09:32.155316394 +0200
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@
         # First, scan the sources for SWIG definition files (.i), run
         # SWIG on 'em to create .c files, and modify the sources list
         # accordingly.
-        sources = self.swig_sources(sources)
+        sources = self.swig_sources(sources, ext)
 
         # Next, compile the source code to object files.
 
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@
             target_lang=language)
 
 
-    def swig_sources (self, sources):
+    def swig_sources (self, sources, extension):
 
         """Walk the list of source files in 'sources', looking for SWIG
         interface (.i) files.  Run SWIG on all that are found, and
@@ -531,6 +531,9 @@
         if self.swig_cpp:
             swig_cmd.append("-c++")
 
+        for include in extension.swig_include_dirs:
+          swig_cmd.append("-I"+include)
+
         for source in swig_sources:
             target = swig_targets[source]
             log.info("swigging %s to %s", source, target)
diff -ru -Xf distutils/distutils/core.py distutils.swig/distutils/core.py
--- distutils/distutils/core.py	2003-02-19 15:16:00.000000000 +0100
+++ distutils.swig/distutils/core.py	2003-10-22 17:24:21.123451084 +0200
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
                       'define_macros', 'undef_macros',
                       'library_dirs', 'libraries', 'runtime_library_dirs',
                       'extra_objects', 'extra_compile_args', 'extra_link_args',
-                      'export_symbols', 'depends', 'language')
+                      'export_symbols', 'depends', 'language', 'swig_include_dirs')
 
 def setup (**attrs):
     """The gateway to the Distutils: do everything your setup script needs
diff -ru -Xf distutils/distutils/extension.py distutils.swig/distutils/extension.py
--- distutils/distutils/extension.py	2003-01-27 17:30:36.000000000 +0100
+++ distutils.swig/distutils/extension.py	2003-10-22 17:37:36.997342015 +0200
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@
                   export_symbols=None,
                   depends=None,
                   language=None,
+                  swig_include_dirs=None,
                   **kw                      # To catch unknown keywords
                  ):
         assert type(name) is StringType, "'name' must be a string"
@@ -118,6 +119,7 @@
         self.export_symbols = export_symbols or []
         self.depends = depends or []
         self.language = language
+        self.swig_include_dirs = swig_include_dirs or []
 
         # If there are unknown keyword options, warn about them
         if len(kw):