diff --git a/examples/pybullet/examples/addPlanarReflection.py b/examples/pybullet/examples/addPlanarReflection.py
index 6f26502a0..6cf0b4b81 100644
--- a/examples/pybullet/examples/addPlanarReflection.py
+++ b/examples/pybullet/examples/addPlanarReflection.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import pybullet as p
 import time
 import math
+import pybullet_data
+
 
 
 def getRayFromTo(mouseX, mouseY):
@@ -36,6 +38,7 @@ def getRayFromTo(mouseX, mouseY):
 cid = p.connect(p.GUI)
 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")
diff --git a/examples/pybullet/examples/batchRayCast.py b/examples/pybullet/examples/batchRayCast.py
index ab2e3bc3c..b2de78f37 100644
--- a/examples/pybullet/examples/batchRayCast.py
+++ b/examples/pybullet/examples/batchRayCast.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import pybullet as p
 import time
 import math
+import pybullet_data
 
 useGui = True
 
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@ if (useGui):
   p.connect(p.GUI)
 else:
   p.connect(p.DIRECT)
+p.setAdditionalSearchPath(pybullet_data.getDataPath())
 
 p.configureDebugVisualizer(p.COV_ENABLE_GUI, 0)
 #p.configureDebugVisualizer(p.COV_ENABLE_RENDERING,0)