diff --git a/packages/tools/bcm2835-bootloader/release b/packages/tools/bcm2835-bootloader/release
index 6d1f68a326..33ead6cb95 100755
--- a/packages/tools/bcm2835-bootloader/release
+++ b/packages/tools/bcm2835-bootloader/release
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ mkdir -p $RELEASE_DIR/3rdparty/bootloader
 if [ "$BUILD_IMAGE" = "yes" -a -x "$BOOTLOADER_DIR/image" ] ; then
   # variables used in image script must be passed
   sudo env \
+      PATH="$PATH" \
       TARGET_IMG="$TARGET_IMG" \
       IMAGE_NAME="$IMAGE_NAME" \
       RELEASE_DIR="$RELEASE_DIR" \