diff --git a/check_multipath/check_multipath b/check_multipath/check_multipath
index 90f7228..b42ff02 100755
--- a/check_multipath/check_multipath
+++ b/check_multipath/check_multipath
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ PROGNAME=`basename $0`
 PROGPATH=`echo $0 | sed -e 's,[\\/][^\\/][^\\/]*$,,'`
 REVISION=`echo '$Revision: 1.12 $' | sed -e 's/[^0-9.]//g'`
 
+if [ -f $PROGPATH/utils.sh ]; then
+	. $PROGPATH/utils.sh
+else
+	. /usr/lib64/nagios/plugins/utils.sh
+fi
+
 MULTIPATH=/sbin/multipath
 SUDO=/usr/bin/sudo
 LSMOD=/sbin/lsmod