diff --git a/ISB2017/installation_notes/matlab.md b/ISB2017/installation_notes/matlab.md
index e8bd91fe6b224cb0dafd824fdea483dc514a377d..24aa199b998eb35b46cb7c31ed2e95d71644feeb 100644
--- a/ISB2017/installation_notes/matlab.md
+++ b/ISB2017/installation_notes/matlab.md
@@ -29,3 +29,5 @@ sudo mount laureline.bis.pasteur.fr:/partimag /mnt
 wget -O /ISB2017/matlab/licenses/license.dat http://atsukau.bis.pasteur.fr:81/ks/ISB2017-matlab.txt
 echo ver|/ISB2017/matlab/bin/matlab
 ```
+
+- added matlab module file
diff --git a/ISB2017/modulefiles/matlab b/ISB2017/modulefiles/matlab
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..83ac3326012d052d4455cb6dacc7764df82ebb73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ISB2017/modulefiles/matlab
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#%Module1.0#####################################################################
+##
+## matlab modulefile
+##
+## modulefiles/matlab.  Based from the dot module
+## Tru 2009/10/14
+##
+proc ModulesHelp { } {
+	global dotversion
+
+	puts stderr "\tAdds `/ISB2017/matlab/bin' to your PATH environment variable"
+	puts stderr "\n\tThis makes it easy to add the /ISB2017/matlab/bin directory"
+	puts stderr "\tto your PATH environment variable.  This allows you to"
+	puts stderr "\trun executables from the /ISB2017/matlab/bin."
+}
+
+module-whatis	"adds `/ISB2017/matlab/bin' to your PATH environment variable"
+
+prepend-path	PATH	/ISB2017/matlab/bin