diff --git a/Preparing-your-system-to-use-Stackage.md b/Preparing-your-system-to-use-Stackage.md
index 77a545e..2151379 100644
--- a/Preparing-your-system-to-use-Stackage.md
+++ b/Preparing-your-system-to-use-Stackage.md
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ Stackage Server is designed to work either with or without Haskell Platform. The
 
 This applies to both Haskell Platform and manual installs. A very common source of confusion for new users is that executables are not available. For example, "I ran `cabal install alex`, but it's complaining that `alex` isn't available." It's __vitally important__ that you make sure that your PATH environment variable is configured to include cabal's bin directory.
 
-On most POSIX systems, this directory will be `$HOME/.cabal/bin`.
+On most POSIX systems, this directory will be `$HOME/.cabal/bin`. A simple way to do this is to edit your ~/.bashrc and place in there:
+
+    export PATH=$HOME/.cabal/bin:$PATH
 
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