diff --git a/src/nautilus-python.c b/src/nautilus-python.c
index 843e3c6..466a513 100644
--- a/src/nautilus-python.c
+++ b/src/nautilus-python.c
@@ -184,6 +184,9 @@ nautilus_python_init_python (void) {
         return FALSE;
     }
 
+    debug("Add PyGObject to path");
+    PyRun_SimpleString("import site;import functools; functools.reduce(lambda k, p: site.addsitedir(p, k), [@pythonPaths@], site._init_pathinfo())");
+
     /* import gobject */
     debug("init_pygobject");
     if (!np_init_pygobject()) {