--- a/bin/abyss-pe
+++ b/bin/abyss-pe
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 # Written by Shaun Jackman <sjackman@bcgsc.ca> and
 # Anthony Raymond <traymond@bcgsc.ca>.
 
+PATH:=/usr/lib/abyss:${PATH}
+
 # Set pipefail to require that all commands of a pipe must succeed.
 SHELL=/bin/bash -o pipefail
 
