diff --git a/buildout/instance-profiles/zope-2.12.cfg b/buildout/instance-profiles/zope-2.12.cfg
index bc54f4afbfdc876372815698d2e64402ff0fcaec..6de99a5634c61c3bf9073f2217758021bbf4a8cf 100644
--- a/buildout/instance-profiles/zope-2.12.cfg
+++ b/buildout/instance-profiles/zope-2.12.cfg
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ extra-paths = ${eggs:extra-paths}
 user = zope:zope
 environment-vars =
   PATH ${software_definition:software_home}/parts/imagemagick/bin:${software_definition:software_home}/parts/w3m/bin:${software_definition:software_home}/parts/xpdf/bin:${software_definition:software_home}/parts/ghostscript/bin:${software_definition:software_home}/parts/pdftk/bin:${software_definition:software_home}/parts/file/bin:${software_definition:software_home}/parts/graphviz/bin
+  LD_LIBRARY_PATH ${software_definition:software_home}/parts/file/lib
 zope-conf-additional =
   # Use the clock-server to trigger the TimerService
   <clock-server>
diff --git a/buildout/instance-profiles/zope.cfg b/buildout/instance-profiles/zope.cfg
index 114db45cc177dd7d6102a8d43348bdf9fd5cbf30..674bd1647ed2bbc7435177a8535f3f83c1b43c97 100644
--- a/buildout/instance-profiles/zope.cfg
+++ b/buildout/instance-profiles/zope.cfg
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ zope2-location = ${software_definition:zope_software}
 user = zope:zope
 environment-vars =
   PATH ${software_definition:software_home}/parts/imagemagick/bin:${software_definition:software_home}/parts/w3m/bin:${software_definition:software_home}/parts/xpdf/bin:${software_definition:software_home}/parts/ghostscript/bin:${software_definition:software_home}/parts/pdftk/bin:${software_definition:software_home}/parts/file/bin:${software_definition:software_home}/parts/graphviz/bin
+  LD_LIBRARY_PATH ${software_definition:software_home}/parts/file/lib
 zope-conf-additional =
   # Timeserver to have ticks in zope
   %import timerserver