diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 78981a8..8ec55ff 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2010-03-15  Thomas Vander Stichele  <thomas at apestaart dot org>
+
+	* bin/rip.in:
+	  Add our PYTHONLIBDIR to sys.path if needed.  Should make this
+	  work when doing ./configure; sudo checkinstall make install
+	  on e.g. Ubuntu.
+
 2010-03-15  Thomas Vander Stichele  <thomas at apestaart dot org>
 
 	* configure.ac:
diff --git a/bin/rip.in b/bin/rip.in
index e00d555..1ce5eb9 100755
--- a/bin/rip.in
+++ b/bin/rip.in
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@
 
 import sys
 
+# /usr/local/bin typically is on PATH, making it possible to find this file.
+# However, /usr/local/lib/pythonX.Y/*-packages usually isn't, so let's
+# make sure here it is.
+
+if not "@PYTHONLIBDIR@" in sys.path:
+    sys.path.append("@PYTHONLIBDIR@")
+
 # first try to import morituri
 try:
     import morituri