diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 657701c..0d76c87 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ iconv.fromEncoding = iconv.decode;
 iconv._codecDataCache = {};
 iconv.getCodec = function getCodec(encoding) {
     if (!iconv.encodings)
-        iconv.encodings = require("../encodings"); // Lazy load all encoding definitions.
+        iconv.encodings = require(__dirname + "/../encodings"); // Lazy load all encoding definitions.
     
     // Canonicalize encoding name: strip all non-alphanumeric chars and appended year.
     var enc = iconv._canonicalizeEncoding(encoding);