diff --git a/confluent_server/bin/confluent_selfcheck b/confluent_server/bin/confluent_selfcheck
index d7d38f01..bb405741 100755
--- a/confluent_server/bin/confluent_selfcheck
+++ b/confluent_server/bin/confluent_selfcheck
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ import socket
 import glob
 import ssl
 import sys
+path = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
+path = os.path.realpath(os.path.join(path, '..', 'lib', 'python'))
+if path.startswith('/opt'):
+    # if installed into system path, do not muck with things
+    sys.path.append(path)
 import confluent.sshutil as sshutil
 import confluent.certutil as certutil
 import confluent.config.configmanager as configmanager