diff --git a/maven-mboot/src/bash/mboot b/maven-mboot/src/bash/mboot
index c2ca0d6556..384830693a 100755
--- a/maven-mboot/src/bash/mboot
+++ b/maven-mboot/src/bash/mboot
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
     shift
 done
 
-[ -z $MBOOT_HOME ] && echo && echo "You must set MBOOT_HOME to use mboot!" && echo && exit
+export MBOOT_HOME=`dirname $0`
 
 . ${MBOOT_HOME}/maven.functions