diff --git a/hb_internal/common/config.py b/hb_internal/common/config.py
index 7c8dcc57979f83c07c14965b79d8d9c0feb495c4..abde6ec4140d60b5e4adbff52cff0284a133a5e2 100644
--- a/hb_internal/common/config.py
+++ b/hb_internal/common/config.py
@@ -16,9 +16,10 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 import os
+import sys
 import platform
 from distutils.spawn import find_executable
-
+sys.path.append(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))))
 from hb_internal import CONFIG_JSON
 from hb_internal import CONFIG_STRUCT
 from hb_internal import BUILD_TOOLS_CFG