diff --git a/matlab/ep/extended_path_initialization.m b/matlab/ep/extended_path_initialization.m
index fb8581bc687c0c265ef21214cfbb922ab851abbe..33d76339152049ece7675b5ceca8da13ed460a01 100644
--- a/matlab/ep/extended_path_initialization.m
+++ b/matlab/ep/extended_path_initialization.m
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ function [initial_conditions, innovations, pfm, ep, verbosity, DynareOptions, Dy
 %
 % SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
 
-% Copyright (C) 2016-2017 Dynare Team
+% Copyright (C) 2016-2020 Dynare Team
 %
 % This file is part of Dynare.
 %
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ function [initial_conditions, innovations, pfm, ep, verbosity, DynareOptions, Dy
 
 ep  = DynareOptions.ep;
 
+% Set bytecode flag (see #1717)
+ep.use_bytecode = DynareOptions.bytecode;
+
 % Set verbosity levels.
 DynareOptions.verbosity = ep.verbosity;
 verbosity = ep.verbosity+ep.debug;