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