diff --git a/components/director/src/task.rs b/components/director/src/task.rs
index 5230e145eb7..89026571a93 100644
--- a/components/director/src/task.rs
+++ b/components/director/src/task.rs
@@ -11,13 +11,18 @@ use std::io::prelude::*;
 use std::net::SocketAddrV4;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::process::{Command, Stdio, Child};
+use std::str::FromStr;
 use std::thread;
 
 use libc::{pid_t, c_int};
 use time::{Duration, SteadyTime};
 
+
+
 use error::Result;
 use hcore;
+use hcore::package::PackageIdent;
+use hsup::package::Package;
 use hsup::supervisor::{WEXITSTATUS, WIFEXITED, WIFSIGNALED, WTERMSIG, Pid};
 use hsup::util::signals;
 use super::ServiceDef;
@@ -49,9 +54,27 @@ impl ExecContext {
     }
 }
 
+
 impl Default for ExecContext {
+    /// use the latest hab-sup and the default Hab service root
+    /// Fall back to HAB_SUP_PATH if we can't find it.
+    /// Run hab-director with `RUST_LOG=habitat_director=debug`
+    /// to see the start params including hab-sup path
     fn default() -> ExecContext {
-        ExecContext::new(PathBuf::from(HAB_SUP_PATH), hcore::fs::svc_root())
+        if let Ok(ident) = PackageIdent::from_str("core/hab-sup") {
+            if let Ok(pkg) = Package::load(&ident, None) {
+                let mut hab_director = pkg.path().to_path_buf();
+                hab_director.push("bin");
+                hab_director.push("hab-sup");
+                ExecContext::new(hab_director, hcore::fs::svc_root())
+            } else {
+                println!("Can't find core/hab-sup, falling back to {}", &HAB_SUP_PATH);
+                ExecContext::new(PathBuf::from(HAB_SUP_PATH), hcore::fs::svc_root())
+            }
+        } else {
+            println!("Can't find core/hab-sup, falling back to {}", &HAB_SUP_PATH);
+            ExecContext::new(PathBuf::from(HAB_SUP_PATH), hcore::fs::svc_root())
+        }
     }
 }