diff --git a/examples/interact/Makefile b/examples/interact/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..db68ce4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/interact/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+OC := ocamlbuild -classic-display -no-links -use-ocamlfind
+
+build:
+	$(OC) -pkg threads,compiler-libs.toplevel,utop test_program.byte
+
+clean:
+	$(OC) -clean
diff --git a/examples/interact/_tags b/examples/interact/_tags
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e8cb64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/interact/_tags
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+true: thread, linkall, predicate(create_toploop), warn(-40), bin_annot
diff --git a/examples/interact/test_program.ml b/examples/interact/test_program.ml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8579aa6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/interact/test_program.ml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+type t = A of int | B of string
+
+let some_value = [A 42; B "Hello, world"]
+
+let () =
+  print_endline "Starting utop now!";
+  UTop_main.interact
+    ~search_path:["_build"]
+    ~unit:__MODULE__
+    ~loc:__POS__
+    ~values:[V ("some_value", some_value)]
+;;
diff --git a/examples/interact/test_program.mli b/examples/interact/test_program.mli
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e790aeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/interact/test_program.mli
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+(* empty *)
diff --git a/src/lib/uTop_main.cppo.ml b/src/lib/uTop_main.cppo.ml
index c09f9c8..f652abb 100644
--- a/src/lib/uTop_main.cppo.ml
+++ b/src/lib/uTop_main.cppo.ml
@@ -1368,8 +1368,13 @@ type value = V : string * _ -> value
 exception Found of Env.t
 
 let interact ~search_path ~unit ~loc:(fname, lnum, cnum, _) ~values =
-  let fname = Misc.find_in_path_uncap search_path (unit ^ ".cmt") in
-  let cmt_infos = Cmt_format.read_cmt fname in
+  let cmt_fname =
+    try
+      Misc.find_in_path_uncap search_path (unit ^ ".cmt")
+    with Not_found ->
+      Printf.ksprintf failwith "%s.cmt not found in search path!" fname
+  in
+  let cmt_infos = Cmt_format.read_cmt cmt_fname in
   let search = object(self)
     inherit [unit] UTop_cmt_lifter.lifter as super
 
@@ -1383,6 +1388,11 @@ let interact ~search_path ~unit ~loc:(fname, lnum, cnum, _) ~values =
         with
         | (_, Some l, Required), (_, Some v, Required) ->
           let pos = l.exp_loc.loc_start in
+          Printf.eprintf "%s:%d:%d %s:%d:%d\n%!"
+            fname lnum cnum
+             pos.pos_fname
+             pos.pos_lnum
+             (pos.pos_cnum - pos.pos_bol);
           if pos.pos_fname = fname &&
              pos.pos_lnum = lnum   &&
              pos.pos_cnum - pos.pos_bol = cnum then
@@ -1412,6 +1422,8 @@ let interact ~search_path ~unit ~loc:(fname, lnum, cnum, _) ~values =
   match search#lift_Cmt_format_cmt_infos cmt_infos with
   | () -> failwith "Couldn't find location in cmt file"
   | exception (Found env) ->
+    Clflags.include_dirs := cmt_infos.cmt_loadpath @ !Clflags.include_dirs;
+    let env = Env.env_of_only_summary Envaux.env_from_summary env in
     List.iter (fun (V (name, v)) -> Toploop.setvalue name (Obj.repr v)) values;
     main_internal ~initial_env:(Some env)
 ;;