diff --git a/src/epggrab/module/xmltv.c b/src/epggrab/module/xmltv.c
index 5d0e1f4d..375e54b2 100644
--- a/src/epggrab/module/xmltv.c
+++ b/src/epggrab/module/xmltv.c
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@
 #include "epggrab.h"
 #include "epggrab/private.h"
 
-#define XMLTV_FIND_GRABBERS "/usr/bin/tv_find_grabbers"
+#define XMLTV_FIND "tv_find_grabbers"
+#define XMLTV_GRAB "tv_grab_"
 
 static epggrab_channel_tree_t _xmltv_channels;
 static epggrab_module_t      *_xmltv_module;
@@ -527,30 +528,66 @@ static void _xmltv_load_grabbers ( void )
   size_t i, outlen, p, n;
   char *outbuf;
   char name[1000];
+  char *tmp, *path;
 
   /* Load data */
-  outlen = spawn_and_store_stdout(XMLTV_FIND_GRABBERS, NULL, &outbuf);
-  if ( outlen < 1 ) {
-    tvhlog(LOG_ERR, "xmltv", "%s failed", XMLTV_FIND_GRABBERS);
-    return;
-  }
+  outlen = spawn_and_store_stdout(XMLTV_FIND, NULL, &outbuf);
 
   /* Process */
-  p = n = i = 0;
-  while ( i < outlen ) {
-    if ( outbuf[i] == '\n' || outbuf[i] == '\0' ) {
-      outbuf[i] = '\0';
-      sprintf(name, "XMLTV: %s", &outbuf[n]);
-      epggrab_module_int_create(NULL, &outbuf[p], name, 3, &outbuf[p],
+  if ( outlen ) {
+    p = n = i = 0;
+    while ( i < outlen ) {
+      if ( outbuf[i] == '\n' || outbuf[i] == '\0' ) {
+        outbuf[i] = '\0';
+        sprintf(name, "XMLTV: %s", &outbuf[n]);
+        epggrab_module_int_create(NULL, &outbuf[p], name, 3, &outbuf[p],
                                 NULL, _xmltv_parse, NULL, NULL);
-      p = n = i + 1;
-    } else if ( outbuf[i] == '|' ) {
-      outbuf[i] = '\0';
-      n = i + 1;
+        p = n = i + 1;
+      } else if ( outbuf[i] == '|' ) {
+        outbuf[i] = '\0';
+        n = i + 1;
+      }
+      i++;
     }
-    i++;
+    free(outbuf);
+
+  /* Internal search */
+  } else if ((tmp = getenv("PATH"))) {
+    tvhlog(LOG_DEBUG, "epggrab", "using internal grab search");
+    char bin[256];
+    char desc[] = "--description";
+    char *argv[] = {
+      NULL,
+      desc,
+      NULL
+    };
+    path = strdup(tmp);
+    tmp  = strtok(path, ":");
+    while (tmp) {
+      DIR *dir;
+      struct dirent *de;
+      struct stat st;
+      if ((dir = opendir(tmp))) {
+        while ((de = readdir(dir))) {
+          if (strstr(de->d_name, XMLTV_GRAB) != de->d_name) continue;
+          snprintf(bin, sizeof(bin), "%s/%s", tmp, de->d_name);
+          if (lstat(bin, &st)) continue;
+          if (!(st.st_mode & S_IEXEC)) continue;
+          if (!S_ISREG(st.st_mode)) continue;
+          if ((outlen = spawn_and_store_stdout(bin, argv, &outbuf))) {
+            if (outbuf[outlen-1] == '\n') outbuf[outlen-1] = '\0';
+            snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "XMLTV: %s", outbuf);
+            epggrab_module_int_create(NULL, bin, name, 3, bin,
+                                      NULL, _xmltv_parse, NULL, NULL);
+            free(outbuf);
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      closedir(dir);
+      tmp = strtok(NULL, ":");
+    }
+    free(path);
   }
-  free(outbuf);
 }
 
 void xmltv_init ( void )
diff --git a/src/spawn.c b/src/spawn.c
index 953a2c79..f12e9e10 100644
--- a/src/spawn.c
+++ b/src/spawn.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <syslog.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
+#include <dirent.h>
 
 #include "tvheadend.h"
 #include "file.h"
@@ -43,6 +45,38 @@ typedef struct spawn {
   const char *name;
 } spawn_t;
 
+/*
+ * Search PATH for executable
+ */
+static int
+_find_exec ( const char *name, char *out, size_t len )
+{
+  int ret = 0;
+  char bin[512];
+  char *path, *tmp;
+  DIR *dir;
+  struct dirent *de;
+  struct stat st;
+  if (!(path = getenv("PATH"))) return 0;
+  path = strdup(path);
+  tmp  = strtok(path, ":");
+  while (tmp && !ret) {
+    if (!(dir = opendir(tmp))) continue;
+    while ((de = readdir(dir))) {
+      if (strstr(de->d_name, name) != de->d_name) continue;
+      snprintf(bin, sizeof(bin), "%s/%s", tmp, de->d_name);
+      if (lstat(bin, &st)) continue;
+      if (!S_ISREG(st.st_mode) || !(st.st_mode & S_IEXEC)) continue;
+      strncpy(out, bin, len);
+      ret = 1;
+      break;
+    }
+    closedir(dir);
+    tmp = strtok(NULL, ":");
+  }
+  free(path);
+  return ret;
+}
 
 /**
  * The reaper is called once a second to finish of any pending spawns
@@ -118,18 +152,21 @@ spawn_enq(const char *name, int pid)
  */
 
 int
-spawn_and_store_stdout(const char *prog, char *const argv[], char **outp)
+spawn_and_store_stdout(const char *prog, char *argv[], char **outp)
 {
   pid_t p;
   int fd[2], f;
-  const char *local_argv[2];
+  char bin[256];
+  const char *local_argv[2] = { NULL, NULL };
 
-  if(argv == NULL) {
-    local_argv[0] = prog;
-    local_argv[1] = NULL;
-    argv = (void *)local_argv;
+  if (*prog != '/' && *prog != '.') {
+    if (!_find_exec(prog, bin, sizeof(bin))) return -1;
+    prog = bin;
   }
 
+  if(!argv) argv = (void *)local_argv;
+  if (!argv[0]) argv[0] = (char*)prog;
+
   pthread_mutex_lock(&fork_lock);
 
   if(pipe(fd) == -1) {
@@ -188,9 +225,19 @@ spawn_and_store_stdout(const char *prog, char *const argv[], char **outp)
  * The function will return the size of the buffer
  */
 int
-spawnv(const char *prog, char *const argv[])
+spawnv(const char *prog, char *argv[])
 {
   pid_t p;
+  char bin[256];
+  const char *local_argv[2] = { NULL, NULL };
+
+  if (*prog != '/' && *prog != '.') {
+    if (!_find_exec(prog, bin, sizeof(bin))) return -1;
+    prog = bin;
+  }
+
+  if(!argv) argv = (void *)local_argv;
+  if (!argv[0]) argv[0] = (char*)prog;
 
   p = fork();
 
diff --git a/src/spawn.h b/src/spawn.h
index 41fb20c8..606a375b 100644
--- a/src/spawn.h
+++ b/src/spawn.h
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 #ifndef SPAWN_H
 #define SPAWN_H
 
-int spawn_and_store_stdout(const char *prog, char *const argv[], char **outp);
+int spawn_and_store_stdout(const char *prog, char *argv[], char **outp);
 
-int spawnv(const char *prog, char *const argv[]);
+int spawnv(const char *prog, char *argv[]);
 
 void spawn_reaper(void);