diff --git a/gtsam/slam/dataset.cpp b/gtsam/slam/dataset.cpp
index 4bd7bc7e2..de8150324 100644
--- a/gtsam/slam/dataset.cpp
+++ b/gtsam/slam/dataset.cpp
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ string findExampleDataFile(const string &name) {
   // Constants below are defined by CMake, see gtsam/gtsam/CMakeLists.txt
   rootsToSearch.push_back(GTSAM_SOURCE_TREE_DATASET_DIR);
   rootsToSearch.push_back(GTSAM_INSTALLED_DATASET_DIR);
+  rootsToSearch.push_back(GTSAM_PYTHON_DATASET_DIR);
 
   // Search for filename as given, and with .graph and .txt extensions
   vector<string> namesToSearch;