diff --git a/config/path b/config/path
index 8373519692..3676539f77 100644
--- a/config/path
+++ b/config/path
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ SED="sed -i"
 
   if [ -n "$1" ]; then
     FOUND=0
-    for DIR in `find $PACKAGES -type d -name $1 ! -wholename \*\/source\/\* 2>/dev/null` ; do
+    for DIR in `find $PACKAGES -type d -name $(echo $1| awk -F : '{print $1}') ! -wholename \*\/source\/\* 2>/dev/null` ; do
       # keep track of dirs with meta for debugging
       if [ -z "$ALL_DIRS" ] ; then
         ALL_DIRS="$DIR"