1diff --git a/src/confdb/confdb.c b/src/confdb/confdb.c
2index 8c19142..7865684 100644
3--- a/src/confdb/confdb.c
4+++ b/src/confdb/confdb.c
5@@ -775,6 +775,8 @@ int confdb_init(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx,
6 int ret = EOK;
7 mode_t old_umask;
8
9+ setenv("LDB_MODULES_PATH", "@out@/modules/ldb:@ldb@/modules/ldb", 1);
10+
11 if (cdb_ctx == NULL) {
12 DEBUG(SSSDBG_FATAL_FAILURE, "Bad argument\n");
13 return EFAULT;