diff --git a/src/sage/geometry/polyhedron/backend_cdd.py b/src/sage/geometry/polyhedron/backend_cdd.py
index 9f1f4d86ec5..80a7dd01b4b 100644
--- a/src/sage/geometry/polyhedron/backend_cdd.py
+++ b/src/sage/geometry/polyhedron/backend_cdd.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
 from sage.rings.integer_ring import ZZ
 from sage.matrix.constructor import matrix
+from sage.features.cddlib import CddExecutable
 
 from .base import Polyhedron_base
 from .base_QQ import Polyhedron_QQ
@@ -157,7 +158,7 @@ def _run_cdd(self, cdd_input_string, cmdline_arg, verbose=False):
             print('---- CDD input -----')
             print(cdd_input_string)
 
-        cdd_proc = Popen([self._cdd_executable, cmdline_arg],
+        cdd_proc = Popen([CddExecutable(self._cdd_executable).absolute_filename(), cmdline_arg],
                          stdin=PIPE, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE,
                          encoding='latin-1')
         ans, err = cdd_proc.communicate(input=cdd_input_string)