1diff --git a/src/nemo-python.c b/src/nemo-python.c
2index 8d2acdb..ee24143 100644
3--- a/src/nemo-python.c
4+++ b/src/nemo-python.c
5@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ nemo_python_init_python (void)
6 }
7
8 debug("Sanitize the python search path");
9- PyRun_SimpleString("import sys; sys.path = [path for path in sys.path if path]");
10+ PyRun_SimpleString("import sys; import os; sys.path = [path for path in sys.path if path]; sys.path += os.getenv(\"NEMO_PYTHON_SEARCH_PATH\").split(os.pathsep)");
11 if (PyErr_Occurred())
12 {
13 PyErr_Print();