diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/cinder.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/cinder.rb
index 52371030..5f756a56 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/cinder.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/cinder.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+File.expand_path('../../../../openstacklib/lib', File.dirname(__FILE__)).tap { |dir| $LOAD_PATH.unshift(dir) unless $LOAD_PATH.include?(dir) }
+
 require 'puppet/util/inifile'
 require 'puppet/provider/openstack'
 require 'puppet/provider/openstack/auth'