diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index b3b7789..5f393e5 100755
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -38,6 +38,13 @@ To set environment varaibles specific to the browserify command::
 
 (Note that for an actual production build, this example is not sufficient. You'll probably want to use a transform like loose-envify so the minifier can optimize out debug statements. Browserify doesn't usually pass environment variables like that shown above into the compiled code; but it may effect the runtime behavior of browserify itself.)
 
+To use a local install of the browserify command line utility (or if it is not in your PATH for some other reason), you can override the command used::
+
+    PIPELINE['BROWSERIFY_BINARY'] = "/custom/path/to/browserify"
+    
+    # ...or perhaps something like this:
+    PIPELINE['BROWSERIFY_BINARY'] = os.path.join(REPO_ROOT, "node_modules/.bin", "browserify"),
+
 
 **Important:** give your entry-point file a `.browserify.js` extension::
 
diff --git a/pipeline_browserify/compiler.py b/pipeline_browserify/compiler.py
index 4a7889f..14825fe 100755
--- a/pipeline_browserify/compiler.py
+++ b/pipeline_browserify/compiler.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def simple_execute_command(self, cmd, **kwargs):
     
     def _get_cmd_parts(self):
         pipeline_settings = getattr(settings, 'PIPELINE', {})
-        tool = pipeline_settings.get('BROWSERIFY_BINARY', "/usr/bin/env browserify")
+        tool = pipeline_settings.get('BROWSERIFY_BINARY', "browserify")
         
         old_args = pipeline_settings.get('BROWSERIFY_ARGUMENTS', '')
         if old_args: