diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 69deb4e..dd5410c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ The supported configuration settings are:
   "pen_size": 10, // set to 0 to disable
   "pen_color": "red",
   "fetch_frame_delay": 0.03 // sleep 0.03s on remarkable before fetching new frame (default is no delay)
+  "lz4_path_on_remarkable": "/usr/opt/lz4" // default: $HOME/lz4
 }
 ```
 
diff --git a/src/rmview.py b/src/rmview.py
index eb2348d..d81d768 100644
--- a/src/rmview.py
+++ b/src/rmview.py
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ class rMViewApp(QApplication):
   def connected(self, ssh):
     self.ssh = ssh
     self.viewer.setWindowTitle("rMview - " + self.config.get('ssh').get('address'))
-    self.fbworker = FrameBufferWorker(ssh, delay=self.config.get('fetch_frame_delay'))
+    self.fbworker = FrameBufferWorker(ssh, delay=self.config.get('fetch_frame_delay'), lz4_path=self.config.get('lz4_path_on_remarkable'))
     self.fbworker.signals.onNewFrame.connect(lambda image: self.viewer.setImage(image))
     self.fbworker.signals.onFatalError.connect(self.frameError)
     self.threadpool.start(self.fbworker)
diff --git a/src/workers.py b/src/workers.py
index a4ce54b..0d79021 100644
--- a/src/workers.py
+++ b/src/workers.py
@@ -28,11 +28,14 @@ class FrameBufferWorker(QRunnable):
 
   _stop = False
 
-  def __init__(self, ssh, delay=None):
+  def __init__(self, ssh, delay=None, lz4_path=None):
     super(FrameBufferWorker, self).__init__()
     self._read_loop = """\
-      while dd if=/dev/fb0 count=1 bs={bytes} 2>/dev/null; do {delay}; done | $HOME/lz4
-    """.format(bytes=TOTAL_BYTES, delay="sleep "+str(delay) if delay else "true")
+      while dd if=/dev/fb0 count=1 bs={bytes} 2>/dev/null; do {delay}; done | {lz4_path}\
+    """.format(bytes=TOTAL_BYTES,
+               delay="sleep "+str(delay) if delay else "true",
+               lz4_path=lz4_path or "$HOME/lz4")
+    print(self._read_loop)
     self.ssh = ssh
     self.signals = FBWSignals()