diff --git a/examples/pybullet/examples/createVisualShapeArray.py b/examples/pybullet/examples/createVisualShapeArray.py
index 713738eb1..6156d808c 100644
--- a/examples/pybullet/examples/createVisualShapeArray.py
+++ b/examples/pybullet/examples/createVisualShapeArray.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import pybullet as p
 import time
 import math
+import pybullet_data
 
 
 def getRayFromTo(mouseX, mouseY):
@@ -35,6 +36,8 @@ def getRayFromTo(mouseX, mouseY):
 cid = p.connect(p.SHARED_MEMORY)
 if (cid < 0):
   p.connect(p.GUI)
+
+p.setAdditionalSearchPath(pybullet_data.getDataPath())  
 p.setPhysicsEngineParameter(numSolverIterations=10)
 p.setTimeStep(1. / 120.)
 logId = p.startStateLogging(p.STATE_LOGGING_PROFILE_TIMINGS, "visualShapeBench.json")