diff --git a/tc/m_ipt.c b/tc/m_ipt.c
index 38d2311a..76fa768e 100644
--- a/tc/m_ipt.c
+++ b/tc/m_ipt.c
@@ -506,6 +506,10 @@ print_ipt(struct action_util *au,FILE * f, struct rtattr *arg)
 	if (arg == NULL)
 		return -1;
 
+	lib_dir = getenv("IPTABLES_LIB_DIR");
+	if (!lib_dir)
+		lib_dir = IPT_LIB_DIR;
+
 	parse_rtattr_nested(tb, TCA_IPT_MAX, arg);
 
 	if (tb[TCA_IPT_TABLE] == NULL) {