diff --git a/lib/pkg.g b/lib/pkg.g
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..558f7722
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/pkg.g
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+BindGlobal("DirectoriesPackageProgramsOverrides", rec());
+BindGlobal("DirectoriesPackageProgramsOriginal", DirectoriesPackagePrograms);
+
+MakeReadWriteGlobal("DirectoriesPackagePrograms");
+DirectoriesPackagePrograms := function(name)
+    name:= LowercaseString(name);
+    if IsBound(DirectoriesPackageProgramsOverrides.(name)) then
+        return [ Directory( DirectoriesPackageProgramsOverrides.(name) ) ];
+    fi;
+    return DirectoriesPackageProgramsOriginal(name);
+end;
+MakeReadOnlyGlobal("DirectoriesPackagePrograms");
diff --git a/src/GAP.jl b/src/GAP.jl
index 38a64bca..6b4374d3 100644
--- a/src/GAP.jl
+++ b/src/GAP.jl
@@ -156,6 +156,8 @@ function initialize(argv::Vector{String})
         error("JuliaInterface could not be loaded")
     end
 
+    GAP.Globals.Read(GapObj(joinpath(@__DIR__, "..", "lib", "pkg.g")))
+
     # If we are in "stand-alone mode", stop here
     if handle_signals
         ccall((:SyInstallAnswerIntr, libgap), Cvoid, ())