diff --git a/modules/opus/SCsub b/modules/opus/SCsub
index 491380c826d..4d3053c7ecf 100644
--- a/modules/opus/SCsub
+++ b/modules/opus/SCsub
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ if (env['builtin_opus'] != 'no'):
     thirdparty_include_paths = [
         "",
         "celt",
+        "opus",
         "silk",
         "silk/fixed",
         "silk/float",
diff --git a/modules/opus/audio_stream_opus.h b/modules/opus/audio_stream_opus.h
index 4da66fe1672..abf0b5c150e 100644
--- a/modules/opus/audio_stream_opus.h
+++ b/modules/opus/audio_stream_opus.h
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 #include "os/file_access.h"
 #include "scene/resources/audio_stream.h"
 
-#include <opusfile.h>
+#include <opus/opusfile.h>
 
 class AudioStreamPlaybackOpus : public AudioStreamPlayback {
 
diff --git a/thirdparty/README.md b/thirdparty/README.md
index 86ed75545d1..995805b861c 100644
--- a/thirdparty/README.md
+++ b/thirdparty/README.md
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ Files extracted from upstream source:
 
 - all .c and .h files in src/ (both opus and opusfile),
   except `opus_demo.c`
-- all .h files in include/ (both opus and opusfile)
+- all .h files in include/ (both opus and opusfile) as opus/
 - COPYING
 
 
diff --git a/thirdparty/opus/opus.h b/thirdparty/opus/opus/opus.h
similarity index 100%
rename from thirdparty/opus/opus.h
rename to thirdparty/opus/opus/opus.h
diff --git a/thirdparty/opus/opus_custom.h b/thirdparty/opus/opus/opus_custom.h
similarity index 100%
rename from thirdparty/opus/opus_custom.h
rename to thirdparty/opus/opus/opus_custom.h
diff --git a/thirdparty/opus/opus_defines.h b/thirdparty/opus/opus/opus_defines.h
similarity index 100%
rename from thirdparty/opus/opus_defines.h
rename to thirdparty/opus/opus/opus_defines.h
diff --git a/thirdparty/opus/opus_multistream.h b/thirdparty/opus/opus/opus_multistream.h
similarity index 100%
rename from thirdparty/opus/opus_multistream.h
rename to thirdparty/opus/opus/opus_multistream.h
diff --git a/thirdparty/opus/opus_types.h b/thirdparty/opus/opus/opus_types.h
similarity index 100%
rename from thirdparty/opus/opus_types.h
rename to thirdparty/opus/opus/opus_types.h
diff --git a/thirdparty/opus/opusfile.h b/thirdparty/opus/opus/opusfile.h
similarity index 100%
rename from thirdparty/opus/opusfile.h
rename to thirdparty/opus/opus/opusfile.h