diff --git a/pavelib/assets.py b/pavelib/assets.py
index 049684f5a0..d6add35acd 100644
--- a/pavelib/assets.py
+++ b/pavelib/assets.py
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ 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 c5f9bb3486..0aa7463e31 100644
--- a/pavelib/paver_tests/test_assets.py
+++ b/pavelib/paver_tests/test_assets.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ 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'),