diff --git a/commit-patch b/commit-patch
index b7bd18f..748cc8d 100755
--- a/commit-patch
+++ b/commit-patch
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ my $VERSION = '2.6';
 
 use strict;
 use Cwd qw(abs_path);
+use File::Basename;
+use lib dirname(abs_path($0))."/local/lib/perl5";
 use IPC::Run;
 use File::Temp qw(tempfile);
 use Getopt::Long;