diff --git a/generic/examples/simple.sh b/generic/examples/simple.sh
index 76bc6168..f23dd02a 100755
--- a/generic/examples/simple.sh
+++ b/generic/examples/simple.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -ex
+export PYTHONPATH=$(dirname $0)
 yosys -p "tcl ../synth/synth_generic.tcl 4 blinky.json" blinky.v
 ${NEXTPNR:-../../nextpnr-generic} --pre-pack simple.py --pre-place simple_timing.py --json blinky.json --post-route bitstream.py --write pnrblinky.json
 yosys -p "read_verilog -lib ../synth/prims.v; read_json pnrblinky.json; dump -o blinky.il; show -format png -prefix blinky"
diff --git a/generic/examples/simtest.sh b/generic/examples/simtest.sh
index ef328914..be271902 100755
--- a/generic/examples/simtest.sh
+++ b/generic/examples/simtest.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -ex
+export PYTHONPATH=$(dirname $0)
 yosys -p "tcl ../synth/synth_generic.tcl 4 blinky.json" blinky.v
 ${NEXTPNR:-../../nextpnr-generic} --no-iobs --pre-pack simple.py --pre-place simple_timing.py --json blinky.json --post-route bitstream.py --write pnrblinky.json
 yosys -p "read_json pnrblinky.json; write_verilog -noattr -norename pnrblinky.v"