diff --git a/lib/ansible/playbook/task.py b/lib/ansible/playbook/task.py
index af297b9f3a..45dde4466a 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/playbook/task.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/playbook/task.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 from ansible import errors
 from ansible import utils
+import os
 import ansible.utils.template as template
 
 class Task(object):
@@ -53,6 +54,11 @@ class Task(object):
         else:
             self.meta = None
 
+
+        library = os.path.join(play.basedir, 'library')
+        if os.path.exists(library):
+            utils.plugins.module_finder.add_directory(library)
+
         for x in ds.keys():
 
             # code to allow for saying "modulename: args" versus "action: modulename args"