diff --git a/src/lisp/lib/std.c b/src/lisp/lib/std.c
index 028dd3d..c7efca0 100644
--- a/src/lisp/lib/std.c
+++ b/src/lisp/lib/std.c
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #include "std.h"
+#include "../plat/plat.h"
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
 
 value_t l_plus(value_t a, value_t b)
 {
@@ -78,4 +80,37 @@
 	add_function(env, "print", l_printval, 1, NS_FUNCTION);
 
 	add_function(env, "apply", l_apply, 2, NS_FUNCTION);
+
+	if (!load_library(env, "std"))
+	{
+		err("Could not load library `std`, make sure your $LISP_LIBRARY_PATH is correct.");
+	}
+}
+
+bool load_library(struct environment *env, char *name)
+{
+	char *lib_paths = getenv("LISP_LIBRARY_PATH");
+
+	if (!lib_paths)
+		lib_paths = "/lib/lisp";
+
+	for (char *p = strtok(lib_paths, ":"); p; p = strtok(NULL, ":"))
+	{
+		static char path[512];
+		snprintf(path, 512, "%s/%s.lisp", p, name);
+
+		if (file_exists(path))
+		{
+			return load(env, path);
+		}
+
+		snprintf(path, 512, "%s/%s/%s.lisp", p, name, name);
+
+		if (file_exists(path))
+		{
+			return load(env, path);
+		}
+	}
+
+	return false;
 }
diff --git a/src/lisp/lib/std.h b/src/lisp/lib/std.h
index 9070de8..a117b5d 100644
--- a/src/lisp/lib/std.h
+++ b/src/lisp/lib/std.h
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@
 
 void add_function(struct environment *env, char *name, void *func, int nargs, enum namespace ns);
 void load_std(struct environment *env);
+bool load_library(struct environment *env, char *name);