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);