1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/bin/spack b/bin/spack
index 127a85f6fe..f587e206db 100755
--- a/bin/spack
+++ b/bin/spack
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ SPACK_PREFIX = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(SPACK_FILE))
 # Allow spack libs to be imported in our scripts
 SPACK_LIB_PATH = os.path.join(SPACK_PREFIX, "lib", "spack")
 sys.path.insert(0, SPACK_LIB_PATH)
+SPACK_EXTERNAL_LIBS = os.path.join(SPACK_LIB_PATH, "external")
+sys.path.insert(0, SPACK_EXTERNAL_LIBS)
 
 # If there is no working directory, use the spack prefix.
 try: