diff --git a/trove/common/cfg.py b/trove/common/cfg.py
index b5fb2f18f6..5a1232e506 100644
--- a/trove/common/cfg.py
+++ b/trove/common/cfg.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ common_opts = [
     cfg.IntOpt('sql_idle_timeout', default=3600),
     cfg.BoolOpt('sql_query_log', default=False),
     cfg.IntOpt('bind_port', default=8779),
-    cfg.StrOpt('api_extensions_path', default='trove/extensions/routes',
+    cfg.StrOpt('api_extensions_path', default='$pybasedir/extensions/routes',
                help='Path to extensions.'),
     cfg.StrOpt('api_paste_config',
                default="api-paste.ini",