diff --git a/pavelib/assets.py b/pavelib/assets.py
index f34cf78380..3fa812da19 100644
--- a/pavelib/assets.py
+++ b/pavelib/assets.py
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ COMMON_LOOKUP_PATHS = [
     path("common/static/sass"),
     path('node_modules/@edx'),
     path('node_modules'),
+    path('node_modules/edx-pattern-library/node_modules'),
 ]
 
 # A list of NPM installed libraries that should be copied into the common
diff --git a/pavelib/paver_tests/test_assets.py b/pavelib/paver_tests/test_assets.py
index 16eed479fe..2d416d4ffa 100644
--- a/pavelib/paver_tests/test_assets.py
+++ b/pavelib/paver_tests/test_assets.py
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ class TestPaverWatchAssetTasks(TestCase):
             path('common/static'),
             path('node_modules/@edx'),
             path('node_modules'),
+            path('node_modules/edx-pattern-library/node_modules'),
             path('lms/static/sass/partials'),
             path('lms/static/sass'),
             path('lms/static/certificates/sass'),