diff --git a/makefile_linux b/makefile_linux
index 5abee31c..c98d0c92 100644
--- a/makefile_linux
+++ b/makefile_linux
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 # Markus Zolliker, March 2003
 #==========================================================================
 # assign if the National Instrument GPIB driver is available
+SINQDIR=/afs/psi.ch/project/sinq
 NI= -DHAVENI
 NIOBJ= nigpib.o
 NILIB=$(SINQDIR)/linux/lib/cib.o