diff --git a/exiftool b/exiftool
index bdf9d4f5..aa30cbda 100755
--- a/exiftool
+++ b/exiftool
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ BEGIN {
     $Image::ExifTool::exeDir = $exeDir; # use our exeDir for loading config file
     # add lib directory at start of include path
     unshift @INC, $incDir;
+    push ( @INC, "/opt/gitlab/embedded/lib/exiftool-perl");
     # load or disable config file if specified
     if (@ARGV and lc($ARGV[0]) eq '-config') {
         shift;