diff --git a/apps/emqx_ds_builtin_local/src/emqx_ds_builtin_local.erl b/apps/emqx_ds_builtin_local/src/emqx_ds_builtin_local.erl
index 28e669b33..5fe6eb559 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_ds_builtin_local/src/emqx_ds_builtin_local.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_ds_builtin_local/src/emqx_ds_builtin_local.erl
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 
 -export_type([db_opts/0, shard/0, iterator/0, delete_iterator/0]).
 
--include("../../emqx_utils/include/emqx_message.hrl").
+-include_lib("emqx_utils/include/emqx_message.hrl").
 
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 %% Type declarations