diff --git a/festival/src/arch/festival/festival.cc b/festival/src/arch/festival/festival.cc
index 099bdfb..a27fbbf 100644
--- a/festival/src/arch/festival/festival.cc
+++ b/festival/src/arch/festival/festival.cc
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ void festival_lisp_vars(void)
 	path = "";
     char *newpath = walloc(char,1024+strlen(path)+strlen(etcdir)+
 			   strlen(etcdircommon));
-    sprintf(newpath,"PATH=%s:%s:%s",path,etcdir,etcdircommon);
+    sprintf(newpath,"PATH=%s:/usr/lib/festival:%s:%s",path,etcdir,etcdircommon);
     putenv(newpath);
     
     wfree(etcdir);