diff --git a/etc/config.csh/paraview b/etc/config.csh/paraview
index 16fa58d48..e2d0205f8 100644
--- a/etc/config.csh/paraview
+++ b/etc/config.csh/paraview
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
 #
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+if ( ! $?ParaView_DIR ) setenv ParaView_DIR
+
 # Clean the PATH
 set cleaned=`$WM_PROJECT_DIR/bin/foamCleanPath "$PATH" "$ParaView_DIR $WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR/platforms/$WM_ARCH$WM_COMPILER/cmake- $WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR/platforms/$WM_ARCH$WM_COMPILER/paraview-"`
 if ( $status == 0 ) setenv PATH $cleaned