diff --git a/bin/glance-control b/bin/glance-control
index 9965108a8d..1912c3ad2f 100755
--- a/bin/glance-control
+++ b/bin/glance-control
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ import signal
 import sys
 import time
 
+ROOT_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
+
+sys.path.append(ROOT_DIR)
+
 from glance import version
 from glance.common import config