diff --git a/etc/apps/paraview3/bashrc b/etc/apps/paraview3/bashrc
index 0ff28f0cafc405087cec8f3fa382bcd9374c5c94..51965e47d61340249d1936d48da21787bb7554e9 100644
--- a/etc/apps/paraview3/bashrc
+++ b/etc/apps/paraview3/bashrc
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ done
 
 
 # set VERSION and MAJOR (version) variables if not already set
-[ -n "$ParaView_VERSION" ] || ParaView_VERSION=3.6.1
+[ -n "$ParaView_VERSION" ] || ParaView_VERSION=3.8.0
 [ -n "$ParaView_MAJOR" ]   || ParaView_MAJOR=unknown
 
 # if needed, set MAJOR version to correspond to VERSION
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ export ParaView_DIR=$WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR/platforms/$WM_ARCH$WM_COMPILER/paraview-
 if [ -r $ParaView_DIR -o -r $paraviewInstDir ]
 then
     export PATH=$ParaView_DIR/bin:$PATH
+    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ParaView_DIR/lib/paraview-$ParaView_MAJOR:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
     export PV_PLUGIN_PATH=$FOAM_LIBBIN/paraview-$ParaView_MAJOR
 
     # add in python libraries if required
diff --git a/etc/apps/paraview3/cshrc b/etc/apps/paraview3/cshrc
index ddb4502c275748d6d29752bd0220190ff3629eec..a69608c9d32a55a88fc4565a2479ec725438d696 100644
--- a/etc/apps/paraview3/cshrc
+++ b/etc/apps/paraview3/cshrc
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ foreach cmake ( cmake-2.8.1 cmake-2.8.0 cmake-2.6.4 )
 end
 
 # set VERSION and MAJOR (version) variables if not already set
-if ( ! $?ParaView_VERSION ) setenv ParaView_VERSION 3.6.1
+if ( ! $?ParaView_VERSION ) setenv ParaView_VERSION 3.8.0
 if ( ! $?ParaView_MAJOR ) setenv ParaView_MAJOR unknown
 
 # if needed, set MAJOR version to correspond to VERSION
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ setenv ParaView_DIR $WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR/platforms/$WM_ARCH$WM_COMPILER/paraview-
 # set paths if binaries or source are present
 if ( -r $ParaView_DIR || -r $paraviewInstDir ) then
     setenv PATH ${ParaView_DIR}/bin:${PATH}
+    setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH "${ParaView_DIR}/lib/paraview-${ParaView_MAJOR}:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"
     setenv PV_PLUGIN_PATH $FOAM_LIBBIN/paraview-${ParaView_MAJOR}
 
     # add in python libraries if required