diff --git a/src/frontend/inpcom.c b/src/frontend/inpcom.c
index a7fadad13..2a3c573f6 100644
--- a/src/frontend/inpcom.c
+++ b/src/frontend/inpcom.c
@@ -917,7 +917,8 @@ inp_read(FILE *fp, int call_depth, char *dir_name, bool comfile, bool intfile)
                 !ciprefix("source", buffer) &&
                 !ciprefix("load", buffer) &&
                 !ciprefix("plot", buffer) &&
-                !ciprefix("hardcopy", buffer)
+                !ciprefix("hardcopy", buffer) &&
+                !(ciprefix("set", buffer) && strstr(buffer, "sourcepath"))
                 )
             {
                 /* lower case for all other lines */