diff --git a/custom_gz_plugins/CMakeLists.txt b/custom_gz_plugins/CMakeLists.txt
index 1372b663..680d6091 100644
--- a/custom_gz_plugins/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/custom_gz_plugins/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -32,4 +32,6 @@ if(BUILD_TESTING)
   ament_lint_auto_find_test_dependencies()
 endif()
 
+ament_environment_hooks("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/env_hooks/${PROJECT_NAME}.dsv.in")
+
 ament_package()
diff --git a/custom_gz_plugins/env_hooks/custom_gz_plugins.dsv.in b/custom_gz_plugins/env_hooks/custom_gz_plugins.dsv.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..65bffe3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/custom_gz_plugins/env_hooks/custom_gz_plugins.dsv.in
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+prepend-non-duplicate;GZ_SIM_SYSTEM_PLUGIN_PATH;lib
+prepend-non-duplicate;GZ_GUI_PLUGIN_PATH;lib
\ No newline at end of file