diff --git a/lib/rex/zip/samples/comment.rb b/lib/rex/zip/samples/comment.rb
index f0e4a30b8b..a879554b00 100755
--- a/lib/rex/zip/samples/comment.rb
+++ b/lib/rex/zip/samples/comment.rb
@@ -4,10 +4,17 @@
 # Create a zip file with comments!
 #
 
-require 'zip'
+msfbase = __FILE__
+while File.symlink?(msfbase)
+	msfbase = File.expand_path(File.readlink(msfbase), File.dirname(msfbase))
+end
+inc = File.dirname(msfbase) + '/../../..'
+$:.unshift(inc)
+
+require 'rex/zip'
 
 # example usage
-zip = Zip::Archive.new
+zip = Rex::Zip::Archive.new
 zip.add_file("elite.txt", "A" * 1024, nil, %Q<
                                  +---------------+
                                  | file comment! |
diff --git a/lib/rex/zip/samples/mkwar.rb b/lib/rex/zip/samples/mkwar.rb
index a953202bca..6f7e031f0c 100755
--- a/lib/rex/zip/samples/mkwar.rb
+++ b/lib/rex/zip/samples/mkwar.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,15 @@
 # Create a WAR archive!
 #
 
-require 'zip'
+msfbase = __FILE__
+while File.symlink?(msfbase)
+	msfbase = File.expand_path(File.readlink(msfbase), File.dirname(msfbase))
+end
+inc = File.dirname(msfbase) + '/../../..'
+$:.unshift(inc)
+
+
+require 'rex/zip'
 
 
 def rand_text_alpha(len)
@@ -30,7 +38,7 @@ var_payload = "var_payload"
 var_name = "var_name"
 
 
-zip = Zip::Archive.new
+zip = Rex::Zip::Archive.new
 
 # begin meta-inf/
 minf = [ 0xcafe, 0x0003 ].pack('Vv')
diff --git a/lib/rex/zip/samples/mkzip.rb b/lib/rex/zip/samples/mkzip.rb
index f929f716f4..a238227f52 100755
--- a/lib/rex/zip/samples/mkzip.rb
+++ b/lib/rex/zip/samples/mkzip.rb
@@ -4,9 +4,16 @@
 # Add a file from memory and save it.
 #
 
-require 'zip'
+msfbase = __FILE__
+while File.symlink?(msfbase)
+	msfbase = File.expand_path(File.readlink(msfbase), File.dirname(msfbase))
+end
+inc = File.dirname(msfbase) + '/../../..'
+$:.unshift(inc)
+
+require 'rex/zip'
 
 # example usage
-zip = Zip::Archive.new
+zip = Rex::Zip::Archive.new
 zip.add_file("elite.txt", "A" * 1024)
 zip.save_to("lolz.zip")
diff --git a/lib/rex/zip/samples/recursive.rb b/lib/rex/zip/samples/recursive.rb
index cf5ffd190c..3079a6cbe5 100755
--- a/lib/rex/zip/samples/recursive.rb
+++ b/lib/rex/zip/samples/recursive.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env ruby
 
-require 'zip'
+msfbase = __FILE__
+while File.symlink?(msfbase)
+	msfbase = File.expand_path(File.readlink(msfbase), File.dirname(msfbase))
+end
+inc = File.dirname(msfbase) + '/../../..'
+$:.unshift(inc)
+
+require 'rex/zip'
 
 out = "test.zip"
 dir = "/var/www"
@@ -46,6 +53,6 @@ def add_files(zip, path, recursive = nil)
 end
 
 
-zip = Zip::Archive.new
+zip = Rex::Zip::Archive.new
 add_files(zip, dir, TRUE)
 zip.save_to(out)