diff --git a/build/debian/DEBIAN/preinst b/build/debian/DEBIAN/preinst
index 3a2e271d..8edeccba 100644
--- a/build/debian/DEBIAN/preinst
+++ b/build/debian/DEBIAN/preinst
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ setup_config_interactive() {
   METADATA_PATH=$DATA_PATH/metadata
   CONFIG_PATH=$DATA_PATH/config
   FFMPEG_PATH=/usr/lib/audiobookshelf-ffmpeg/ffmpeg
+  FFPROBE_PATH=/usr/lib/audiobookshelf-ffmpeg/ffprobe
   PORT=$PORT"
 
     echo "$config_text"
@@ -105,6 +106,7 @@ setup_config() {
   METADATA_PATH=$DEFAULT_DATA_PATH/metadata
   CONFIG_PATH=$DEFAULT_DATA_PATH/config
   FFMPEG_PATH=/usr/lib/audiobookshelf-ffmpeg/ffmpeg
+  FFPROBE_PATH=/usr/lib/audiobookshelf-ffmpeg/ffprobe
   PORT=$DEFAULT_PORT"
 
     echo "$config_text"
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 9b1acfda..f6c26bba 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ if (isDev) {
   process.env.METADATA_PATH = devEnv.MetadataPath
   process.env.AUDIOBOOK_PATH = devEnv.AudiobookPath
   process.env.FFMPEG_PATH = devEnv.FFmpegPath
+  process.env.FFPROBE_PATH = devEnv.FFProbePath
 }
 
 const PORT = process.env.PORT || 80
diff --git a/server/utils/prober.js b/server/utils/prober.js
index 9929fff5..c912875c 100644
--- a/server/utils/prober.js
+++ b/server/utils/prober.js
@@ -256,7 +256,11 @@ function parseProbeData(data, verbose = false) {
 
 // Updated probe returns AudioProbeData object
 function probe(filepath, verbose = false) {
-  return ffprobe(filepath)
+  var options = {}
+  if (process.env.FFPROBE_PATH) {
+    options.path = process.env.FFPROBE_PATH
+  }
+  return ffprobe(filepath, options)
     .then(raw => {
       var rawProbeData = parseProbeData(raw, verbose)
       if (!rawProbeData || !rawProbeData.audio_stream) {