1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/libalpm/alpm.c b/lib/libalpm/alpm.c
index d77b43ab..0798c0bc 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/alpm.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/alpm.c
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ alpm_handle_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_initialize(const char *root, const char *dbpath,
 {
 	alpm_errno_t myerr;
 	const char *lf = "db.lck";
+	char *hookdir;
 	size_t lockfilelen;
 	alpm_handle_t *myhandle = _alpm_handle_new();
 
@@ -64,6 +65,10 @@ alpm_handle_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_initialize(const char *root, const char *dbpath,
 		goto cleanup;
 	}
 
+	MALLOC(hookdir, strlen(myhandle->root) + strlen(SYSHOOKDIR) + 1, goto cleanup);
+	sprintf(hookdir, "%s%s", myhandle->root, SYSHOOKDIR);
+	myhandle->hookdirs = alpm_list_add(NULL, hookdir);
+
 	/* set default database extension */
 	STRDUP(myhandle->dbext, ".db", goto cleanup);