diff --git a/src/libcode/vx_python3_utils/global_python.h b/src/libcode/vx_python3_utils/global_python.h
index ac796d5187..8674a7b655 100644
--- a/src/libcode/vx_python3_utils/global_python.h
+++ b/src/libcode/vx_python3_utils/global_python.h
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ if ( ! is_initialized )  {
    command << cs_erase
            << "sys.path.append(\""
            << replace_path(wrappers_dir)
+           << "\");"
+           << "sys.path.append(\""
+           << replace_path(python_dir)
            << "\")";
 
    run_python_string(command.text());
diff --git a/src/libcode/vx_python3_utils/python3_util.h b/src/libcode/vx_python3_utils/python3_util.h
index b1681463c0..9464142566 100644
--- a/src/libcode/vx_python3_utils/python3_util.h
+++ b/src/libcode/vx_python3_utils/python3_util.h
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ static const char user_python_path_env [] = "MET_PYTHON_EXE";
 
 static const char wrappers_dir         [] = "MET_BASE/wrappers";
 
+static const char python_dir           [] = "MET_BASE/python";
+
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////