diff --git a/tools/kconfig-frontends/SConstruct b/tools/kconfig-frontends/SConstruct
index ef0ce33573..945fde9f69 100644
--- a/tools/kconfig-frontends/SConstruct
+++ b/tools/kconfig-frontends/SConstruct
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import os
 
 env = Environment()
+env.AppendENVPath('PATH', os.environ['PATH'])
 env['CPPPATH'] = ['libs/parser', 'libs']
 env['CPPDEFINES'] = ['CURSES_LOC=\\"ncurses.h\\"', 'HAVE_CONFIG_H', 
     'ROOTMENU=\\"Configuration\\"',