diff --git a/src/main/java/com/eprosima/fastdds/fastddsgen.java b/src/main/java/com/eprosima/fastdds/fastddsgen.java
index a75cf188..ad0d5654 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/eprosima/fastdds/fastddsgen.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/eprosima/fastdds/fastddsgen.java
@@ -41,8 +41,10 @@
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.IOError;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.nio.file.InvalidPathException;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
@@ -310,7 +312,11 @@ else if (arg.equals("-I"))
             {
                 if (count < args.length)
                 {
-                    m_includePaths.add("-I".concat(args[count++]));
+                    String pathStr = args[count++];
+                    if (!isIncludePathDuplicated(pathStr)) 
+                    {
+                        m_includePaths.add("-I".concat(pathStr));
+                    }
                 }
                 else
                 {
@@ -551,6 +557,42 @@ private void showVersion()
         System.out.println(m_appName + " version " + version);
     }
 
+    private boolean isIncludePathDuplicated(String pathToCheck) 
+    {
+        try 
+        {
+            Path path = Paths.get(pathToCheck);
+            String absPath = path.toAbsolutePath().toString();
+            boolean isDuplicateFound = false;
+            for (String includePath : m_includePaths) 
+            {
+                // include paths are prefixed with "-I"
+                if (includePath.length() <= 2) 
+                {
+                    continue;
+                }
+                String absIncludePath = Paths.get(includePath.substring(2)).toAbsolutePath().toString();
+                if (absPath.toLowerCase().equals(absIncludePath.toLowerCase())) 
+                {
+                    isDuplicateFound = true;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        
+            if (isDuplicateFound) 
+            {
+                return true;
+            }
+        
+        } 
+        catch (InvalidPathException | IOError | SecurityException ex) 
+        {
+            // path operations failed, just returning false
+        }
+        
+        return false;
+     }
+
     public static void printHelp()
     {
         System.out.println(m_appName + " usage:");