diff --git a/bin/ADMIN_keepalive_ALL.pl b/bin/ADMIN_keepalive_ALL.pl
index 2640a750..6107dda8 100644
--- a/bin/ADMIN_keepalive_ALL.pl
+++ b/bin/ADMIN_keepalive_ALL.pl
@@ -284,6 +284,7 @@ if ($DB) {print "double check that processes are not running...\n";}
 
 	sleep(1);
 
+`PERL5LIB="$PATHhome/libs"; export PERL5LIB`;
 ### you may have to use a different ps command if you're not using Slackware Linux
 #	@psoutput = `ps -f -C AST_update --no-headers`;
 #	@psoutput = `ps -f -C AST_updat* --no-headers`;
diff --git a/bin/start_asterisk_boot.pl b/bin/start_asterisk_boot.pl
index 03a735ab..9b44adc7 100644
--- a/bin/start_asterisk_boot.pl
+++ b/bin/start_asterisk_boot.pl
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ foreach(@conf)
 	{
 	$line = $conf[$i];
 	$line =~ s/ |>|\n|\r|\t|\#.*|;.*//gi;
+	if ( ($line =~ /^PATHhome/) && ($CLIhome < 1) )
+		{$PATHhome = $line;   $PATHhome =~ s/.*=//gi;}
 	if ( ($line =~ /^VARserver_ip/) && ($CLIserver_ip < 1) )
 		{$VARserver_ip = $line;   $VARserver_ip =~ s/.*=//gi;}
 	if ( ($line =~ /^VARDB_server/) && ($CLIDB_server < 1) )
@@ -34,6 +36,8 @@ foreach(@conf)
 	$i++;
 	}
 
+`PERL5LIB="$PATHhome/libs"; export PERL5LIB`;
+
 use DBI;	  
 
 $dbhA = DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:$VARDB_database:$VARDB_server:$VARDB_port", "$VARDB_user", "$VARDB_pass")
diff --git a/docs/BASE_INSTALL.txt b/docs/BASE_INSTALL.txt
index 8cf52542..64e47411 100644
--- a/docs/BASE_INSTALL.txt
+++ b/docs/BASE_INSTALL.txt
@@ -529,6 +529,9 @@ PHASE 5: ADDING STARTUP ENTRIES FOR ASTGUICLIENT/VICIDIAL SCRIPTS
 	- vi /etc/rc.d/rc.local
 	   - add the following entries(here's what we used):
 
+### Path to local asterisk-perl_0.08 module if needed
+PERL5LIB="/usr/share/astguiclient/libs"; export PERL5LIB
+
 ### start time server
 /usr/local/bin/ntpdate -u 18.145.0.30
 /usr/sbin/ntpd
diff --git a/docs/SCRATCH_INSTALL.txt b/docs/SCRATCH_INSTALL.txt
index c4d714be..cb0df866 100644
--- a/docs/SCRATCH_INSTALL.txt
+++ b/docs/SCRATCH_INSTALL.txt
@@ -2736,6 +2736,9 @@ SUBPHASE 6.4: setting up asterisk and helper applications for startup
 	- vi /etc/rc.d/rc.local
 	   - add the following entries(here's what we used):
 
+### Path to local asterisk-perl_0.08 module if needed
+PERL5LIB="/usr/share/astguiclient/libs"; export PERL5LIB
+
 ### start time server
 /usr/local/bin/ntpdate -u 18.145.0.30
 /usr/sbin/ntpd