diff --git a/enlightenment-config.in b/enlightenment-config.in
index 6707a70f3..46bc9a338 100644
--- a/enlightenment-config.in
+++ b/enlightenment-config.in
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ while test $# -gt 0; do
       libdirs="-L@libdir@ -le"
       echo $libdirs
       ;;
+    --module-dir)
+      dir="@libdir@/enlightenment/modules_extra"
+      echo $dir
+      ;;
     *)
       echo "${usage}" 1>&2
       exit 1
diff --git a/src/bin/e_module.c b/src/bin/e_module.c
index f057a02f5..5e3fee098 100644
--- a/src/bin/e_module.c
+++ b/src/bin/e_module.c
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ e_module_init(void)
    if (!_e_path_modules) return 0;
    e_path_path_append(_e_path_modules, "~/.e/e/modules");
    e_path_path_append(_e_path_modules, PACKAGE_LIB_DIR"/enlightenment/modules");
+   e_path_path_append(_e_path_modules, PACKAGE_LIB_DIR"/enlightenment/modules_extra");
    
    for (l = e_config->modules; l; l = l->next)
      {