diff --git a/Tools/ART/scripts/art-task-build.sh b/Tools/ART/scripts/art-task-build.sh
index 4acd19233ba207aeb2fd9f8c0948e5c9b3f25136..8f9564a9609bad47fd2ddfe9c8af2d9e75283d51 100755
--- a/Tools/ART/scripts/art-task-build.sh
+++ b/Tools/ART/scripts/art-task-build.sh
@@ -22,6 +22,14 @@ BRANCH=`echo $RELEASE_BASE |tr "/" " " |awk '{print $5}'`
 source ${ATLAS_LOCAL_ROOT_BASE}/user/atlasLocalSetup.sh --quiet
 lsetup asetup
 asetup none,cmakesetup --platform ${PLATFORM}
+
+if [ -d /cvmfs/atlas.cern.ch/repo/sw/tdaq ]; then
+   echo "WARNING: Setting TDAQ_RELEASE_BASE to /cvmfs/atlas.cern.ch/repo/sw/tdaq"
+   export TDAQ_RELEASE_BASE=/cvmfs/atlas.cern.ch/repo/sw/tdaq
+else
+   echo "Error: Cannot find TDAQ software installation"
+   return 1
+fi
 source ${RELEASE_BASE}/build/install/${PROJECT}/*/InstallArea/${PLATFORM}/setup.sh
 
 # run build tests