diff --git a/src/experiments/cored-voter/CMakeLists.txt b/src/experiments/cored-voter/CMakeLists.txt
index 3e605c29..634692b1 100644
--- a/src/experiments/cored-voter/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/experiments/cored-voter/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ find_package(Protobuf REQUIRED)
 include_directories(${PROTOBUF_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
 
+set(PROTOBUF_IMPORT_DIRS ${PROTOBUF_IMPORT_DIRS} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../../core/comm)
 PROTOBUF_GENERATE_CPP(PROTO_SRCS PROTO_HDRS ${MY_PROTOS})
 
 ## Build library
diff --git a/src/experiments/dciao-kernelstructs/CMakeLists.txt b/src/experiments/dciao-kernelstructs/CMakeLists.txt
index a14aacf7..d0de916c 100644
--- a/src/experiments/dciao-kernelstructs/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/experiments/dciao-kernelstructs/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
 find_package(MySQL REQUIRED)
 include_directories(${MYSQL_INCLUDE_DIR})
 
+set(PROTOBUF_IMPORT_DIRS ${PROTOBUF_IMPORT_DIRS} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../../core/comm)
 PROTOBUF_GENERATE_CPP(PROTO_SRCS PROTO_HDRS ${MY_PROTOS})
 
 ## Build library
diff --git a/src/experiments/kesorefs/CMakeLists.txt b/src/experiments/kesorefs/CMakeLists.txt
index 37298030..a6c269d8 100644
--- a/src/experiments/kesorefs/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/experiments/kesorefs/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
 find_package(MySQL REQUIRED)
 include_directories(${MYSQL_INCLUDE_DIR})
 
+set(PROTOBUF_IMPORT_DIRS ${PROTOBUF_IMPORT_DIRS} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../../core/comm)
 PROTOBUF_GENERATE_CPP(PROTO_SRCS PROTO_HDRS ${MY_PROTOS})
 
 ## Build library
diff --git a/src/experiments/l4-sys/CMakeLists.txt b/src/experiments/l4-sys/CMakeLists.txt
index e9041057..90a95c0d 100644
--- a/src/experiments/l4-sys/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/experiments/l4-sys/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ find_package(Protobuf REQUIRED)
 include_directories(${PROTOBUF_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
 
+set(PROTOBUF_IMPORT_DIRS ${PROTOBUF_IMPORT_DIRS} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../../core/comm)
 PROTOBUF_GENERATE_CPP(PROTO_SRCS PROTO_HDRS ${MY_PROTOS})
 
 ## Build library