diff --git a/ejabberdctl.template b/ejabberdctl.template
index f90f71e53..a4327ac9f 100755
--- a/ejabberdctl.template
+++ b/ejabberdctl.template
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ export ERL_INETRC
 export ERL_MAX_PORTS
 export ERL_MAX_ETS_TABLES
 export CONTRIB_MODULES_PATH
+export CONTRIB_MODULES_CONF_DIR
 export ERL_LIBS
 
 # start server