diff --git a/patches/applyPatches.sh b/patches/applyPatches.sh
index 7cce39bf94a388980bbb5b9dbdb2a5d2a3eb46c4..a0c8e045e8cb31bff64cb458a091e89a59be80cc 100755
--- a/patches/applyPatches.sh
+++ b/patches/applyPatches.sh
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ set -e
 if [ -z "$UTILSPATH" ]; then
     UTILSPATH=$(realpath "$(dirname $0)/../utils")
     export UTILSPATH
+	MAINPATH="$(dirname $UTILSPATH)"
+	export MAINPATH
 fi
 
 source $UTILSPATH/load_settings.sh