diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index a52d513..7e9f213 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name = "MATLAB"
uuid = "10e44e05-a98a-55b3-a45b-ba969058deb6"
license = "MIT"
repo = "https://github.com/JuliaInterop/MATLAB.jl.git"
-version = "0.8.4"
+version = "0.9.0"
[deps]
Libdl = "8f399da3-3557-5675-b5ff-fb832c97cbdb"
diff --git a/src/MATLAB.jl b/src/MATLAB.jl
index 4dbf2aa..f3a7d9b 100644
--- a/src/MATLAB.jl
+++ b/src/MATLAB.jl
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ function __init__()
# workaround for https://github.com/JuliaInterop/MATLAB.jl/issues/200
if Sys.iswindows()
ENV["PATH"] = string(matlab_libpath, ";", ENV["PATH"])
+ elseif Sys.islinux()
+ ENV["PATH"] = string(matlab_libpath, ":", ENV["PATH"])
end
libmx[] = Libdl.dlopen(joinpath(matlab_libpath, "libmx"), Libdl.RTLD_GLOBAL)
libmat[] = Libdl.dlopen(joinpath(matlab_libpath, "libmat"), Libdl.RTLD_GLOBAL)