diff --git a/muranoapi/cmd/api.py b/muranoapi/cmd/api.py
index d97fbf9c1..182435ef9 100644
--- a/muranoapi/cmd/api.py
+++ b/muranoapi/cmd/api.py
@@ -13,8 +13,16 @@
 #    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
-
+import os
 import sys
+# If ../muranoapi/__init__.py exists, add ../ to Python search path, so that
+# it will override what happens to be installed in /usr/(local/)lib/python...
+possible_topdir = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(os.path.abspath(__file__),
+                                                os.pardir,
+                                                os.pardir,
+                                                os.pardir))
+if os.path.exists(os.path.join(possible_topdir, 'muranoapi', '__init__.py')):
+    sys.path.insert(0, possible_topdir)
 
 from muranoapi.common import config
 from muranoapi.common.service import TaskResultHandlerService