diff --git a/lib/dir_utils.py b/lib/dir_utils.py
index c5ae689..253f0df 100644
--- a/lib/dir_utils.py
+++ b/lib/dir_utils.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ def __init__(self, repo_dir: Optional[str] = None):
         self.HUNSPELL_DIR = path.join(self.SPELLING_DICT_DIR, "hunspell")
         self.TAGGER_DICT_DIR = path.join(self.DATA_DIR, "src-dict")
         self.COMPOUNDS_DIR = path.join(self.HUNSPELL_DIR, 'compounds')  # potentially used only Portuguese
+        self.LT_CHANGES_DIR = path.join(self.REPO_DIR, "lt-changes")
 
         # TODO: this *may* at some point be moved here, but that depends on how much work it will be to adapt the
         #  shell/perl; Tagger scripts paths
diff --git a/scripts/build_tagger_dicts.py b/scripts/build_tagger_dicts.py
index 27d4779..96dbd96 100644
--- a/scripts/build_tagger_dicts.py
+++ b/scripts/build_tagger_dicts.py
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ def set_shell_env():
         'RESULT_DICT_FILEPATH': DIRS.RESULT_POS_DICT_FILEPATH,
         'SORTED_DICT_FILEPATH': DIRS.SORTED_POS_DICT_FILEPATH,
         'DICT_DIFF_FILEPATH': DIRS.POS_DICT_DIFF_FILEPATH,
-        'OLD_DICT_FILEPATH': DIRS.OLD_POS_DICT_FILEPATH
+        'OLD_DICT_FILEPATH': DIRS.OLD_POS_DICT_FILEPATH,
+        'LT_CHANGES_DIR': DIRS.LT_CHANGES_DIR
     }
     return {**os.environ, **custom_env}