diff --git a/Tools/ART/scripts/art-task-build.sh b/Tools/ART/scripts/art-task-build.sh
index eba19bda9dc628b4a3c737f61205ec3c071e46ab..8024f72a2ba784d15fc5b225b2028da0912b57c5 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
 
 # setup as if asetup was run