diff --git a/fonttools b/fonttools
index fbacb8b19..0707d684a 100755
--- a/fonttools
+++ b/fonttools
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 from __future__ import print_function, division, absolute_import
+import sys
+import os.path
+
+libdir = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'Lib'))
+sys.path.insert(0, libdir)
+
 from fontTools.__main__ import main
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
+
 	main()