diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/OpenFlight/ReaderWriterFLT.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/OpenFlight/ReaderWriterFLT.cpp
index 39ac4165f..cb2b8c8cd 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/OpenFlight/ReaderWriterFLT.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/OpenFlight/ReaderWriterFLT.cpp
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ class FLTReaderWriter : public ReaderWriter
 
             // setting up the database path so that internally referenced file are searched for on relative paths. 
             osg::ref_ptr<Options> local_opt = options ? static_cast<Options*>(options->clone(osg::CopyOp::SHALLOW_COPY)) : new Options;
-            local_opt->setDatabasePath(osgDB::getFilePath(fileName));
+            local_opt->getDatabasePathList().push_front(osgDB::getFilePath(fileName));
 
             ReadResult rr;