diff --git a/tool b/tool
index a23dc8b..384bcbd 100755
--- a/tool
+++ b/tool
@@ -228,6 +228,11 @@ build_target() {
     orca|tui)
       add source_files tui_main.c
       add cc_flags -D_XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED=1
+      # thirdparty headers (like sokol_time.h) should get -isystem for their
+      # include dir so that any warnings they generate with our warning flags
+      # are ignored. (sokol_time.h may generate sign conversion warning on
+      # mac.)
+      add cc_flags -isystem thirdparty
       # if we ever need newer posix stuff
       # add cc_flags -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=200809L
       out_exe=orca
diff --git a/tui_main.c b/tui_main.c
index 0bbd453..e9e759f 100644
--- a/tui_main.c
+++ b/tui_main.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #include <ncurses.h>
 
 #define SOKOL_IMPL
-#include "thirdparty/sokol_time.h"
+#include "sokol_time.h"
 #undef SOKOL_IMPL
 
 #define AND_CTRL(c) ((c)&037)