diff --git a/irctest/controllers/base_hybrid.py b/irctest/controllers/base_hybrid.py
index 38d7073..761e837 100644
--- a/irctest/controllers/base_hybrid.py
+++ b/irctest/controllers/base_hybrid.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from pathlib import Path
 import shutil
 import subprocess
 from typing import Optional
@@ -51,6 +52,8 @@ class BaseHybridController(BaseServerController, DirectoryBasedController):
             )
         else:
             ssl_config = ""
+        binary_path = shutil.which(self.binary_name)
+        assert binary_path, f"Could not find '{binary_path}' executable"
         with self.open_file("server.conf") as fd:
             fd.write(
                 (self.template_config).format(
@@ -60,6 +63,7 @@ class BaseHybridController(BaseServerController, DirectoryBasedController):
                     services_port=services_port,
                     password_field=password_field,
                     ssl_config=ssl_config,
+                    install_prefix=Path(binary_path).parent.parent,
                 )
             )
         assert self.directory
diff --git a/irctest/controllers/hybrid.py b/irctest/controllers/hybrid.py
index 65e174a..bb93b99 100644
--- a/irctest/controllers/hybrid.py
+++ b/irctest/controllers/hybrid.py
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ from typing import Set, Type
 from .base_hybrid import BaseHybridController
 
 TEMPLATE_CONFIG = """
+module_base_path = "{install_prefix}/lib/ircd-hybrid/modules";
+.include "./modules.conf"
+
 serverinfo {{
     name = "My.Little.Server";
     sid = "42X";