diff --git a/cmake/prebuild.cmake b/cmake/prebuild.cmake
index a4faa131d..76f74e049 100644
--- a/cmake/prebuild.cmake
+++ b/cmake/prebuild.cmake
@@ -106,4 +106,8 @@ message(STATUS "GETARCH LOG: ${GETARCH_LOG}")
 # temporarily hardcoded to get system.cmake working
 set(NUM_CORES 4)
 set(CORE "GENERIC")
+# TODO: this should be done by getarch! see above
+file(APPEND ${TARGET_CONF}
+  "#define ${CORE}"
+)
 
diff --git a/driver/level2/CMakeLists.txt b/driver/level2/CMakeLists.txt
index 8dc37a880..d06d03ccf 100644
--- a/driver/level2/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/driver/level2/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 
+include_directories(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR})
+
 # sources that need to be compiled twice, once with no flags and once with LOWER
 set(UL_SOURCES
   sbmv_k.c