diff --git a/bin/elasticsearch b/bin/elasticsearch
index 02a4ba4763e..94b80f96f77 100755
--- a/bin/elasticsearch
+++ b/bin/elasticsearch
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ if [ "x$ES_INCLUDE" = "x" ]; then
                    /usr/local/share/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.in.sh \
                    /opt/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.in.sh \
                    ~/.elasticsearch.in.sh \
+                   $ES_HOME/bin/elasticsearch.in.sh \
                    "`dirname "$0"`"/elasticsearch.in.sh; do
         if [ -r "$include" ]; then
             . "$include"