diff --git a/bin/puppet b/bin/puppet
index c03070291..c80174f60 100755
--- a/bin/puppet
+++ b/bin/puppet
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env ruby
 
+# For security reasons, ensure that '.' is not on the load path
+# This is primarily for 1.8.7 since 1.9.2+ doesn't put '.' on the load path
+$LOAD_PATH.delete '.'
+
 require 'puppet/util/command_line'
 Puppet::Util::CommandLine.new.execute