--- a/smalltalk	Wed Dec 01 17:32:54 1999 +0100
+++ b/smalltalk	Wed Dec 01 23:17:25 1999 +0100
@@ -62,8 +62,15 @@
 	STX_LIBDIR=`cd ../lib ; pwd`
     fi
 fi
+if test -z "$STX_PACKAGEDIR"
+then
+    if [ -d ../packages ]
+    then
+	STX_PACKAGEDIR=`cd .. ; pwd`
+    fi
+fi
 
-export STX_LIBDIR
+export STX_LIBDIR STX_PACKAGEDIR
 if test -x `dirname $0`/stx; then
 	STX=`dirname $0`/stx
 fi