diff --git a/debian/patches/myplugin_includes.dpatch b/debian/patches/myplugin_includes.dpatch
--- /dev/null
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#! /bin/sh /usr/share/dpatch/dpatch-run
+## myplugin_includes.dpatch by Sebastian Harl <sh@tokkee.org>
+##
+## DP: Let the example plugin include the core headers from
+## DP: /usr/include/collectd/core.
+
+@DPATCH@
+
+diff a/contrib/examples/myplugin.c b/contrib/examples/myplugin.c
+--- a/contrib/examples/myplugin.c
++++ b/contrib/examples/myplugin.c
+@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@
+
+ #endif /* ! HAVE_CONFIG */
+
+-#include <collectd/collectd.h>
+-#include <collectd/common.h>
+-#include <collectd/plugin.h>
++#include <collectd/core/collectd.h>
++#include <collectd/core/common.h>
++#include <collectd/core/plugin.h>
+
+ /*
+ * data source definition: