diff --git a/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt b/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt
index 608d9e4b6..0bbaa28a2 100644
--- a/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt
+++ b/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
  - fixed #11861: addAttachment method removed from WebGUI 7 thus breaking the API
  - fixed #11868: WebGUI::Session::Form::validToken throws unnecessary warnings
  - fixed #11875: Error loading empty module
+ - fixed #11873: findBrokenAssets.pl doesn't support custom assets
 
 7.10.0
  - fixed #11812: Checking www_ajaxSave's response in the cart js, urlencoding post parameters
diff --git a/sbin/findBrokenAssets.pl b/sbin/findBrokenAssets.pl
index 76a90a3e2..c7ed20249 100644
--- a/sbin/findBrokenAssets.pl
+++ b/sbin/findBrokenAssets.pl
@@ -41,6 +41,14 @@ pod2usage( verbose => 1 ) if $help;
 pod2usage( verbose => 2 ) if $man;
 pod2usage( msg => "Must specify a config file!" ) unless $configFile;
 
+foreach my $libDir ( readLines( "preload.custom" ) ) {
+    if ( !-d $libDir ) {
+        warn "WARNING: Not adding lib directory '$libDir' from preload.custom: Directory does not exist.\n";
+        next;
+    }
+    unshift @INC, $libDir;
+}
+
 my $session = start( $webguiRoot, $configFile );
 
 sub progress {
@@ -189,6 +197,24 @@ print "\n";
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Your sub here
 
+#-------------------------------------------------
+sub readLines {
+    my $file = shift;
+    my @lines;
+    if (open(my $fh, '<', $file)) {
+        while (my $line = <$fh>) {
+            $line =~ s/#.*//;
+            $line =~ s/^\s+//;
+            $line =~ s/\s+$//;
+            next if !$line;
+            push @lines, $line;
+        }
+        close $fh;
+    }
+    return @lines;
+}
+
+
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 sub start {
     my $webguiRoot = shift;