diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index 3dccab4c..f78ece9f 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ PlatformIO 3.0
   (`issue #2164 <https://github.com/platformio/platformio-core/issues/2164>`_)
 * Fixed an error with conflicting declaration of a prototype (Arduino sketch preprocessor)
 * Fixed "FileExistsError" when `platformio ci <https://docs.platformio.org/en/latest/userguide/cmd_ci.html>`__ command is used in pair with ``--keep-build-dir`` option
+* Fixed an issue with incorrect order of project "include" and "src" paths in ``CPPPATH``
+  (`issue #1914 <https://github.com/platformio/platformio-core/issues/1914>`_)
 
 3.6.5 (2019-03-07)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/platformio/builder/tools/piolib.py b/platformio/builder/tools/piolib.py
index c6d1f45f..635f5920 100644
--- a/platformio/builder/tools/piolib.py
+++ b/platformio/builder/tools/piolib.py
@@ -177,10 +177,11 @@ class LibBuilderBase(object):
                 if isdir(join(self.path, "src")) else self.path)
 
     def get_include_dirs(self):
-        items = [self.src_dir]
+        items = []
         include_dir = self.include_dir
         if include_dir and include_dir not in items:
             items.append(include_dir)
+        items.append(self.src_dir)
         return items
 
     @property
@@ -756,10 +757,11 @@ class ProjectAsLibBuilder(LibBuilderBase):
         return self.env.subst("$PROJECTSRC_DIR")
 
     def get_include_dirs(self):
-        include_dirs = LibBuilderBase.get_include_dirs(self)
+        include_dirs = []
         project_include_dir = self.env.subst("$PROJECTINCLUDE_DIR")
         if isdir(project_include_dir):
             include_dirs.append(project_include_dir)
+        include_dirs.extend(LibBuilderBase.get_include_dirs(self))
         return include_dirs
 
     def get_search_files(self):
@@ -827,8 +829,9 @@ class ProjectAsLibBuilder(LibBuilderBase):
 
     def build(self):
         self._is_built = True  # do not build Project now
+        result = LibBuilderBase.build(self)
         self.env.PrependUnique(CPPPATH=self.get_include_dirs())
-        return LibBuilderBase.build(self)
+        return result
 
 
 def GetLibBuilders(env):  # pylint: disable=too-many-branches