diff --git a/programming_examples/basic/eltwise_exp/Makefile b/programming_examples/basic/eltwise_exp/Makefile
index ae116330b1..ed0779e23c 100644
--- a/programming_examples/basic/eltwise_exp/Makefile
+++ b/programming_examples/basic/eltwise_exp/Makefile
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ all: build/final.xclbin build/insts.txt
 
 build/exp.o: ${KERNELLIB}/bf16_exp.cc
 	mkdir -p ${@D}
-	cd ${@D} && xchesscc_wrapper ${CHESSCCWRAP2_FLAGS} -I${INSTALL_ROOT}/mlir_aie/aie_runtime_lib/AIE2 -c $< -o ${@F}
+	cd ${@D} && xchesscc_wrapper ${CHESSCCWRAP2_FLAGS} -I${INSTALL_ROOT}/aie_runtime_lib/AIE2 -c $< -o ${@F}
 
-build/lut_based_ops.o: ${INSTALL_ROOT}/mlir_aie/aie_runtime_lib/AIE2/lut_based_ops.cpp
-	cd ${@D} && xchesscc_wrapper ${CHESSCCWRAP2_FLAGS} -I${INSTALL_ROOT}/mlir_aie/aie_runtime_lib/AIE2 -c $< -o ${@F}
+build/lut_based_ops.o: ${INSTALL_ROOT}/aie_runtime_lib/AIE2/lut_based_ops.cpp
+	cd ${@D} && xchesscc_wrapper ${CHESSCCWRAP2_FLAGS} -I${INSTALL_ROOT}/aie_runtime_lib/AIE2 -c $< -o ${@F}
 
 build/kernels.a: build/exp.o build/lut_based_ops.o
 	ar rvs $@ $+
diff --git a/programming_examples/basic/eltwise_exp/run.lit b/programming_examples/basic/eltwise_exp/run.lit
index bd3098543c..f2db79ab6a 100644
--- a/programming_examples/basic/eltwise_exp/run.lit
+++ b/programming_examples/basic/eltwise_exp/run.lit
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@
 // RUN: %python aiecc.py --xbridge --aie-generate-cdo --aie-generate-ipu --no-compile-host --xclbin-name=aie.xclbin --ipu-insts-name=insts.txt ./aie.mlir
 // RUN: g++-13 %S/test.cpp -o test.exe -std=c++23 -Wall -I%S/../../../runtime_lib/test_lib %S/../../../runtime_lib/test_lib/test_utils.cpp %xrt_flags -lrt -lstdc++ -lboost_program_options -lboost_filesystem
 // RUN: %run_on_ipu ./test.exe -x aie.xclbin -k MLIR_AIE -i insts.txt | FileCheck %s
-// CHECK: PASS!
\ No newline at end of file
+// CHECK: PASS!
diff --git a/programming_examples/makefile-common b/programming_examples/makefile-common
index bca449a071..5ab55c2e08 100644
--- a/programming_examples/makefile-common
+++ b/programming_examples/makefile-common
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Contains common definitions used across the Makefiles of ipu-xrt tests.
 REPO_ROOT ?= $(shell realpath $(dir $(shell which aie-opt))/../../..)
+INSTALL_ROOT ?= $(shell realpath $(dir $(shell which aie-opt))/..)
+
 
 # VITIS related variables
 VITIS_ROOT ?= $(shell realpath $(dir $(shell which vitis))/../)