diff --git a/csst/__init__.py b/csst/__init__.py
index 7e59b98c07bb8394a8dcb513c191e4aac0c595cf..70794755e8e6ce77fbb9eb52dbb0aea5ee2abd6f 100644
--- a/csst/__init__.py
+++ b/csst/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
+import os
 
 __version__ = "0.0.4"
+PACKAGE_PATH = os.path.dirname(__file__)