diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/system/puppet.py b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/system/puppet.py
index 852a6f9d61..0b83e29237 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/system/puppet.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/system/puppet.py
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ def main():
     p = module.params
 
     global PUPPET_CMD
-    PUPPET_CMD = module.get_bin_path("puppet", False)
+    PUPPET_CMD = module.get_bin_path("puppet", False, ['/opt/puppetlabs/bin'])
 
     if not PUPPET_CMD:
         module.fail_json(