diff --git a/modules/bindings/pymod/dssp.py b/modules/bindings/pymod/dssp.py
index fe33b33f18987c7e3713016efe78406711d2cfea..7fe206d0a10e0e6d701be941ef63a10eb32aa4ff 100644
--- a/modules/bindings/pymod/dssp.py
+++ b/modules/bindings/pymod/dssp.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def _ExecuteDSSP(path, dssp_bin, temp_dir=None):
   # use of mktemp is a safty problem (use mkstemp and provide file handle to 
   # subsequent process
   temp_dssp_path=tempfile.mktemp(suffix=".out",prefix="dssp", dir=temp_dir)
-  dssp_abs_path=settings.Locate(['dsspcmbi','dssp'], env_name='DSSP_EXECUTABLE', 
+  dssp_abs_path=settings.Locate(['dsspcmbi','dssp','mkdssp'], env_name='DSSP_EXECUTABLE', 
                                 explicit_file_name=dssp_bin)
   if os.path.isdir(dssp_abs_path):
     raise RuntimeError('"%s" is a directory. Specify path to DSSP binary' % dssp_abs_path)