diff --git a/foreman_vmware_advanced.gemspec b/foreman_vmware_advanced.gemspec
index 354a3c8c5460cb730e89828d9c6d0ed4ef66f723..ef329273b9fff6f2926d58dcbef82d1fa1d180c8 100644
--- a/foreman_vmware_advanced.gemspec
+++ b/foreman_vmware_advanced.gemspec
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
-require_relative 'foreman_vmware_advanced/version'
+lib = File.expand_path('lib', __dir__)
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift(lib) unless $LOAD_PATH.include?(lib)
+require 'foreman_vmware_advanced/version'
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.name          = 'foreman_vmware_advanced'