diff --git a/lib/ramdisk-defaults b/lib/ramdisk-defaults
index 66c42d21..a19930e5 100644
--- a/lib/ramdisk-defaults
+++ b/lib/ramdisk-defaults
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ MODULE_ROOT=${MODULE_ROOT:-""}
 LIB_UDEV_ROOT=${LIB_UDEV_ROOT:-""}
 BUSYBOX=${BUSYBOX:-$(which busybox)}
 IMAGE_NAME=${IMAGE_NAME:-"ramdisk"}
-ELEMENTS_DIR=$(dirname $0)/../elements
+export ELEMENTS_DIR=$(dirname $0)/../elements