diff --git a/benchmark/encode.rb b/benchmark/encode.rb
index 389e58f4..df303a5a 100644
--- a/benchmark/encode.rb
+++ b/benchmark/encode.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # encoding: UTF-8
 $LOAD_PATH.unshift File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/..')
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../lib')
 
 require 'rubygems'
 require 'benchmark'
diff --git a/benchmark/encode_json_and_marshal.rb b/benchmark/encode_json_and_marshal.rb
index cbd1d7fb..ae690d41 100644
--- a/benchmark/encode_json_and_marshal.rb
+++ b/benchmark/encode_json_and_marshal.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # encoding: UTF-8
 $LOAD_PATH.unshift File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/..')
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../lib')
 
 require 'rubygems'
 require 'benchmark'
diff --git a/benchmark/encode_json_and_yaml.rb b/benchmark/encode_json_and_yaml.rb
index 6c680f71..a041c94d 100644
--- a/benchmark/encode_json_and_yaml.rb
+++ b/benchmark/encode_json_and_yaml.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # encoding: UTF-8
 $LOAD_PATH.unshift File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/..')
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../lib')
 
 require 'rubygems'
 require 'benchmark'
diff --git a/benchmark/http.rb b/benchmark/http.rb
index ae4a6751..efedf9fd 100644
--- a/benchmark/http.rb
+++ b/benchmark/http.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # encoding: UTF-8
 $LOAD_PATH.unshift File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/..')
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../lib')
 
 require 'rubygems'
 require 'benchmark'
diff --git a/benchmark/parse.rb b/benchmark/parse.rb
index 9d6be4f0..a81ef316 100644
--- a/benchmark/parse.rb
+++ b/benchmark/parse.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # encoding: UTF-8
 $LOAD_PATH.unshift File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/..')
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../lib')
 
 require 'rubygems'
 require 'benchmark'
diff --git a/benchmark/parse_json_and_marshal.rb b/benchmark/parse_json_and_marshal.rb
index af556450..23c32ac8 100644
--- a/benchmark/parse_json_and_marshal.rb
+++ b/benchmark/parse_json_and_marshal.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # encoding: UTF-8
 $LOAD_PATH.unshift File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/..')
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../lib')
 
 require 'rubygems'
 require 'benchmark'
diff --git a/benchmark/parse_json_and_yaml.rb b/benchmark/parse_json_and_yaml.rb
index 3ced9b76..ac05d602 100644
--- a/benchmark/parse_json_and_yaml.rb
+++ b/benchmark/parse_json_and_yaml.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # encoding: UTF-8
 $LOAD_PATH.unshift File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/..')
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../lib')
 
 require 'rubygems'
 require 'benchmark'
diff --git a/benchmark/parse_stream.rb b/benchmark/parse_stream.rb
index f7088115..121631bb 100644
--- a/benchmark/parse_stream.rb
+++ b/benchmark/parse_stream.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # encoding: UTF-8
 $LOAD_PATH.unshift File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/..')
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../lib')
 
 require 'rubygems'
 require 'benchmark'
diff --git a/examples/encoding/chunked_encoding.rb b/examples/encoding/chunked_encoding.rb
index 04e6469a..d86de429 100644
--- a/examples/encoding/chunked_encoding.rb
+++ b/examples/encoding/chunked_encoding.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # encoding: UTF-8
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../..')
 $LOAD_PATH.unshift File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../lib')
 
 require 'yajl'
diff --git a/examples/encoding/one_shot.rb b/examples/encoding/one_shot.rb
index b235aeda..0a735897 100644
--- a/examples/encoding/one_shot.rb
+++ b/examples/encoding/one_shot.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # encoding: UTF-8
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../..')
 $LOAD_PATH.unshift File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../lib')
 
 require 'yajl'
diff --git a/examples/encoding/to_an_io.rb b/examples/encoding/to_an_io.rb
index c38d4203..04fda8ee 100644
--- a/examples/encoding/to_an_io.rb
+++ b/examples/encoding/to_an_io.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # encoding: UTF-8
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../..')
 $LOAD_PATH.unshift File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../lib')
 
 require 'yajl'
diff --git a/examples/http/twitter_search_api.rb b/examples/http/twitter_search_api.rb
index f7c76e56..b5b99076 100644
--- a/examples/http/twitter_search_api.rb
+++ b/examples/http/twitter_search_api.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # encoding: UTF-8
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../..')
 $LOAD_PATH.unshift File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../lib')
 
 require 'yajl/http_stream'
diff --git a/examples/http/twitter_stream_api.rb b/examples/http/twitter_stream_api.rb
index 30727c7e..19363873 100644
--- a/examples/http/twitter_stream_api.rb
+++ b/examples/http/twitter_stream_api.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # encoding: UTF-8
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../..')
 $LOAD_PATH.unshift File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../lib')
 
 require 'yajl/gzip'
diff --git a/examples/parsing/from_file.rb b/examples/parsing/from_file.rb
index 824c9f78..1cb55d2d 100644
--- a/examples/parsing/from_file.rb
+++ b/examples/parsing/from_file.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # encoding: UTF-8
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../..')
 $LOAD_PATH.unshift File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../lib')
 
 require 'yajl'
diff --git a/examples/parsing/from_stdin.rb b/examples/parsing/from_stdin.rb
index c270538a..488fefd5 100644
--- a/examples/parsing/from_stdin.rb
+++ b/examples/parsing/from_stdin.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # encoding: UTF-8
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../..')
 $LOAD_PATH.unshift File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../lib')
 
 require 'yajl'
diff --git a/examples/parsing/from_string.rb b/examples/parsing/from_string.rb
index b844b99a..893e4656 100644
--- a/examples/parsing/from_string.rb
+++ b/examples/parsing/from_string.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # encoding: UTF-8
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../..')
 $LOAD_PATH.unshift File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../lib')
 
 require 'yajl'