diff --git a/Docker/lofar-base/bashrc b/Docker/lofar-base/bashrc
index 3c0f6efc307a6671c45b976ee1a69dc91193c77e..74dbbeef1254fd1c50e3454a8b19b441379788d1 100644
--- a/Docker/lofar-base/bashrc
+++ b/Docker/lofar-base/bashrc
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 # lofar
 [ -r ${INSTALLDIR}/lofar/lofarinit.sh ] && source ${INSTALLDIR}/lofar/lofarinit.sh
 
+# qpid
+source ${INSTALLDIR}/qpid/.profile
+
 # python-casacore
 export PYTHONPATH=${PYTHONPATH}:${INSTALLDIR}/python-casacore/lib/python2.7/site-packages