diff --git a/lib/c-api/examples/wasmer-capi-examples-runner/src/lib.rs b/lib/c-api/examples/wasmer-capi-examples-runner/src/lib.rs
index d7ea8bf20..6aaa49075 100644
--- a/lib/c-api/examples/wasmer-capi-examples-runner/src/lib.rs
+++ b/lib/c-api/examples/wasmer-capi-examples-runner/src/lib.rs
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ fn test_run() {
                 }
             } else if !config.wasmer_dir.is_empty() {
                 command.arg("-L");
-                command.arg(&format!("{}/lib", config.wasmer_dir));
+                command.arg(&format!("{}/lib/", config.wasmer_dir));
                 command.arg(&format!("-lwasmer"));
             }
             command.arg("-o");
diff --git a/lib/c-api/tests/wasmer-c-api-test-runner/src/lib.rs b/lib/c-api/tests/wasmer-c-api-test-runner/src/lib.rs
index 4225fce2c..4fa9ecdcf 100644
--- a/lib/c-api/tests/wasmer-c-api-test-runner/src/lib.rs
+++ b/lib/c-api/tests/wasmer-c-api-test-runner/src/lib.rs
@@ -245,13 +245,13 @@ fn test_ok() {
                 command.arg(config.msvc_cflags.clone());
             } else if !config.wasmer_dir.is_empty() {
                 command.arg("/I");
-                command.arg(&format!("{}", config.root_dir));
+                command.arg(&format!("{}/wasm-c-api/", config.root_dir));
                 command.arg("/I");
-                command.arg(&format!("{}/include", config.wasmer_dir));
+                command.arg(&format!("{}/include/", config.wasmer_dir));
                 let mut log = String::new();
                 fixup_symlinks(&[
-                    format!("{}/include", config.wasmer_dir),
-                    format!("{}", config.root_dir),
+                    format!("{}/include/", config.wasmer_dir),
+                    format!("{}/wasm-c-api/", config.root_dir),
                 ], &mut log)
                 .expect(&format!("failed to fix symlinks: {log}"));
                 println!("{log}");