diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index dd145a86f6..cbbf631458 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -1120,11 +1120,13 @@ def configure(conf):
         conf.env.append_value('CXXFLAGS', '-I' + Options.options.boost_include)
 
     if Options.options.also_include != '':
-        conf.env.append_value('CXXFLAGS', '-I' + Options.options.also_include)
-        conf.env.append_value('CFLAGS', '-I' + Options.options.also_include)
+        for incdir in Options.options.also_include.split(','):
+            conf.env.append_value('CXXFLAGS', '-I' + incdir)
+            conf.env.append_value('CFLAGS', '-I' + incdir)
 
     if Options.options.also_libdir != '':
-        conf.env.append_value('LDFLAGS', '-L' + Options.options.also_libdir)
+        for libdir in Options.options.also_libdir.split(','):
+            conf.env.append_value('LDFLAGS', '-L' + libdir)
 
     if Options.options.boost_sp_debug:
         conf.env.append_value('CXXFLAGS', '-DBOOST_SP_ENABLE_DEBUG_HOOKS')