diff --git a/tools/swig/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/swig/CMakeLists.txt
index b17b8c23e4..78111b2c7d 100644
--- a/tools/swig/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/swig/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -90,11 +90,11 @@ if(BUILD_SWIG_TCL)
   find_package(TCL REQUIRED)
   target_include_directories(tcllammps PRIVATE ${TCL_INCLUDE_PATH})
   swig_link_libraries(tcllammps PRIVATE lammps ${TCL_LIBRARY})
-  configure_file(run_tcl_example.sh run_tcl_example.sh COPYONLY)
   set_property(SOURCE lammps_shell.i PROPERTY SWIG_MODULE_NAME tcllmpsh)
   swig_add_library(libtcllmpsh TYPE STATIC LANGUAGE tcl SOURCES lammps_shell.i)
   add_executable(tcllmpsh tcldummy.c)
-  target_include_directories(tcllmpsh PRIVATE ${TCL_INCLUDE_PATH})
+  target_include_directories(libtcllmpsh PRIVATE ${TCL_INCLUDE_PATH})
   target_link_libraries(tcllmpsh PRIVATE libtcllmpsh lammps ${TCL_LIBRARY})
+  configure_file(run_tcl_example.sh.in run_tcl_example.sh @ONLY)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/tools/swig/run_tcl_example.sh b/tools/swig/run_tcl_example.sh.in
similarity index 99%
rename from tools/swig/run_tcl_example.sh
rename to tools/swig/run_tcl_example.sh.in
index 82606fa1b2..1f0a38f7d2 100755
--- a/tools/swig/run_tcl_example.sh
+++ b/tools/swig/run_tcl_example.sh.in
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ puts "Current size of timestep: \$dt"
 lammps_close \$lmp
 EOF
 
-tclsh example.tcl
+@TCL_TCLSH@ example.tcl
 
 # now try again with static extended shell
 echo '====================================================================='