diff --git a/src/frontend/cpitf.c b/src/frontend/cpitf.c
index 484b2ff49..b04900ced 100644
--- a/src/frontend/cpitf.c
+++ b/src/frontend/cpitf.c
@@ -293,10 +293,20 @@ ft_cpinit(void)
 
             if ((fp = fopen(buf, "r")) != NULL) {
 
+                /* Set a variable to identify the loadable module directory.
+                 * The standard spinit uses it to load XSPICE and OSDI files.
+                 */
+
+#define VARNAME "_module_path_"
+                cp_vset(VARNAME, CP_STRING, Module_Path);
+
+                /* Run spinit */
+
                 cp_interactive = FALSE;
                 inp_spsource(fp, TRUE, buf, FALSE);
                 cp_interactive = TRUE;
                 found = TRUE;
+                cp_remvar(VARNAME);
                 break;
 
 #if defined(HAS_WINGUI) || defined(__MINGW32__) || defined(_MSC_VER)
diff --git a/src/include/ngspice/ngspice.h b/src/include/ngspice/ngspice.h
index 0937f597d..8d852e9ba 100644
--- a/src/include/ngspice/ngspice.h
+++ b/src/include/ngspice/ngspice.h
@@ -277,6 +277,7 @@ extern char *News_File;
 extern char *Spice_Path;
 extern char *Help_Path;
 extern char *Lib_Path;
+extern char *Module_Path;
 extern char *Inp_Path;
 extern char *Infile_Path;
 extern char *Spice_Exec_Path;
diff --git a/src/misc/ivars.c b/src/misc/ivars.c
index ce5446982..b26c66d80 100644
--- a/src/misc/ivars.c
+++ b/src/misc/ivars.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ char *Spice_Path;
 char *News_File;
 char *Help_Path;
 char *Lib_Path;
+char *Module_Path;
 char *Inp_Path;
 char *Spice_Exec_Path;
 
@@ -49,23 +50,39 @@ mkvar(char **p, char *path_prefix, char *var_dir, char *env_var)
     is given, to ../lib, set by src/makefile.am. With Visual C, it is set manually by
     an entry to ngspice\visualc\src\include\ngspice\config.h.
     For Windows GUI and Console the path is set relative to the executable.*/
+
 void
 ivars(char *argv0)
 {
-    char *temp=NULL;
+    char *root, *temp=NULL;
 #if defined (HAS_WINGUI) || defined (__MINGW32__) || defined (_MSC_VER)
     char *ngpath;
 #endif
 
+    root = getenv("SPICE_ROOT");
+    if (root) {
+        temp = tprintf("%s/share/ngspice", root);
+        mkvar(&Spice_Lib_Dir, root, "share/ngspice", "SPICE_LIB_DIR");
+        mkvar(&Module_Path, root, "lib/ngspice",  "SPICE_MODULE_DIR");
+    } else {
 #ifdef HAS_RELPATH
-    Spice_Lib_Dir = temp = copy("../share/ngspice");
-#elif !defined SHARED_MODULE && (defined (HAS_WINGUI) || defined (__MINGW32__) || defined (_MSC_VER))
-    ngpath = ngdirname(argv0);
-    mkvar(&Spice_Lib_Dir, ngpath, "../share/ngspice", "SPICE_LIB_DIR");
-    tfree(ngpath);
+        Spice_Lib_Dir = temp = copy("../share/ngspice");
+#elif !defined SHARED_MODULE && \
+    (defined (HAS_WINGUI) || defined (__MINGW32__) || defined (_MSC_VER))
+
+        ngpath = ngdirname(argv0);
+        mkvar(&Spice_Lib_Dir, ngpath, "../share/ngspice", "SPICE_LIB_DIR");
+        mkvar(&Module_Path, ngpath, "../lib/ngspice",  "SPICE_MODULE_DIR");
+        tfree(ngpath);
 #else
-    env_overr(&Spice_Lib_Dir, "SPICE_LIB_DIR");
+        /* Trim "/share/ngspice" from configured Spice_Lib_Dir. */
+
+        temp = tprintf("%.*s", strlen(Spice_Lib_Dir) - 14, Spice_Lib_Dir);
+        mkvar(&Module_Path, temp, "lib/ngspice",  "SPICE_MODULE_DIR");
+        env_overr(&Spice_Lib_Dir, "SPICE_LIB_DIR");
 #endif
+    }
+    tfree(temp);
 
     /* for printing a news file */
     mkvar(&News_File, Spice_Lib_Dir, "news", "SPICE_NEWS");
@@ -75,14 +92,16 @@ ivars(char *argv0)
     mkvar(&Lib_Path, Spice_Lib_Dir, "scripts", "SPICE_SCRIPTS");
     /* used to call ngspice with aspice command, not used in Windows mode */
     mkvar(&Spice_Path, Spice_Exec_Dir, "ngspice", "SPICE_PATH");
-    tfree(temp);
+
     /* may be used to store input files (*.lib, *.include, ...) */
     /* get directory where ngspice resides */
 #if defined (HAS_WINGUI) || defined (__MINGW32__) || defined (_MSC_VER)
     {
         ngpath = ngdirname(argv0);
+
         /* set path either to <ngspice-bin-directory>/input or,
         if set, to environment variable NGSPICE_INPUT_DIR */
+
         mkvar(&Inp_Path, ngpath, "input", "NGSPICE_INPUT_DIR");
         tfree(ngpath);
     }
@@ -90,6 +109,7 @@ ivars(char *argv0)
     NG_IGNORE(argv0);
     /* set path either to environment variable NGSPICE_INPUT_DIR
     (if given) or to NULL */
+
     env_overr(&Inp_Path, "NGSPICE_INPUT_DIR");
     Inp_Path = copy(Inp_Path); /* allow tfree */
 #endif
@@ -100,6 +120,7 @@ ivars(char *argv0)
     /* Set raw file mode, 0 by default (binary) set in conf.c, 
     may be overridden by environmental
     variable, not sure if acknowledged everywhere in ngspice */
+
     env_overr(&temp, "SPICE_ASCIIRAWFILE");
     if(temp)
        AsciiRawFile = atoi(temp);
diff --git a/src/spinit.in b/src/spinit.in
index f1ca1c285..ed1b4b78f 100644
--- a/src/spinit.in
+++ b/src/spinit.in
@@ -16,29 +16,31 @@ set x11lineararcs
 * comment out if central osdi management is set up
 unset osdi_enabled
 
+* XSPICE and OSDI are loaded from a path provided in a variable.
+
 * Load the codemodels
 if $?xspice_enabled
 
-@XSPICEINIT@ codemodel @pkglibdir@/spice2poly.cm
-@XSPICEINIT@ codemodel @pkglibdir@/analog.cm
-@XSPICEINIT@ codemodel @pkglibdir@/digital.cm
-@XSPICEINIT@ codemodel @pkglibdir@/xtradev.cm
-@XSPICEINIT@ codemodel @pkglibdir@/xtraevt.cm
-@XSPICEINIT@ codemodel @pkglibdir@/table.cm
+@XSPICEINIT@ codemodel $_module_path_/spice2poly.cm
+@XSPICEINIT@ codemodel $_module_path_/analog.cm
+@XSPICEINIT@ codemodel $_module_path_/digital.cm
+@XSPICEINIT@ codemodel $_module_path_/xtradev.cm
+@XSPICEINIT@ codemodel $_module_path_/xtraevt.cm
+@XSPICEINIT@ codemodel $_module_path_/table.cm
 
 end
 
 * Load the OpenVAF/OSDI models
 if $?osdi_enabled
 
- osdi @pkglibdir@/asmhemt.osdi
- osdi @pkglibdir@/bjt504t.osdi
- osdi @pkglibdir@/BSIMBULK107.osdi
- osdi @pkglibdir@/BSIMCMG.osdi
- osdi @pkglibdir@/HICUMl0-2.0.osdi
- osdi @pkglibdir@/psp103.osdi
- osdi @pkglibdir@/r2_cmc.osdi
- osdi @pkglibdir@/vbic_4T_et_cf.osdi
+ osdi $_module_path_/asmhemt.osdi
+ osdi $_module_path_/bjt504t.osdi
+ osdi $_module_path_/BSIMBULK107.osdi
+ osdi $_module_path_/BSIMCMG.osdi
+ osdi $_module_path_/HICUMl0-2.0.osdi
+ osdi $_module_path_/psp103.osdi
+ osdi $_module_path_/r2_cmc.osdi
+ osdi $_module_path_/vbic_4T_et_cf.osdi
  
 end