diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e8dddc985..05765009c 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 # This is needed for versioneer to be importable when building with PEP 517.
 # See <https://github.com/warner/python-versioneer/issues/193> and links
 # therein for more information.
-sys.path.append(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(__file__))
 
 try:
     import versioneer