diff --git a/etc/namedb/make-localhost b/etc/namedb/make-localhost
index cc6a1083f4d0..704fd557deb4 100755
--- a/etc/namedb/make-localhost
+++ b/etc/namedb/make-localhost
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 # /etc/namedb/localhost.rev
 #
 
+PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin
+export PATH
+
 if [ "`hostname -s`" != "`hostname`" ]; then
 	# hostname must contain domain