diff --git a/loaders/python/peas-plugin-loader-python.c b/loaders/python/peas-plugin-loader-python.c
index 26edbf3..0d65ada 100644
--- a/loaders/python/peas-plugin-loader-python.c
+++ b/loaders/python/peas-plugin-loader-python.c
@@ -248,6 +248,9 @@ peas_plugin_loader_python_initialize (PeasPluginLoader *loader)
       goto python_init_error;
     }
 
+  /* Add PyGObject to path */
+  PyRun_SimpleString("import site; import functools; functools.reduce(lambda k, p: site.addsitedir(p, k), [@pythonPaths@], site._init_pathinfo())");
+
   /* Initialize PyGObject */
   pygobject_init (PYGOBJECT_MAJOR_VERSION,
                   PYGOBJECT_MINOR_VERSION,