diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ninja/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ninja/package.py
index b86fa79863796193aef6e7751573e761b4c3db12..3924a7a635e44397d2b30f48781be4e78ee549d7 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ninja/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ninja/package.py
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ def test(self):
         ninja_test = Executable('./ninja_test')
         ninja_test()
 
+    def setup_run_environment(self, env):
+        env.prepend_path('PYTHONPATH', self.prefix.misc)
+
     def install(self, spec, prefix):
         mkdir(prefix.bin)
         install('ninja', prefix.bin)