diff --git a/config/path b/config/path
index 32430af47c..616e8aa7a5 100644
--- a/config/path
+++ b/config/path
@@ -150,6 +150,23 @@ if [ -z "$PATH" -o "$PATH" = "${PATH#$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin:}" ]; then
   export PATH="$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin:$PATH"
 fi
 
+if [ -f $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/libtool ]; then
+  export LIBTOOL=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/libtool
+  export LIBTOOLIZE=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/libtoolize
+fi
+
+if [ -f $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/automake ]; then
+  export AUTOMAKE=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/automake
+  export ACLOCAL_DIR=$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/share/aclocal
+  export ACLOCAL="$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/aclocal -I $ACLOCAL_DIR"
+fi
+
+if [ -f $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/autoconf ]; then
+  export AUTOCONF=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/autoconf
+  export AUTOHEADER=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/autoheader
+  export AUTORECONF="$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/autoreconf -v -f -i -I $ACLOCAL_DIR"
+fi
+
 setup_toolchain() {
   if [ "$1" = "--optimize" ]; then
     OPTIMIZE=yes
@@ -172,23 +189,6 @@ setup_toolchain() {
     export LDFLAGS="$TARGET_LDFLAGS"
     export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$TARGET_PKG_CONFIG_PATH"
 
-    if [ -f $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/libtool ]; then
-      export LIBTOOL=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/libtool
-      export LIBTOOLIZE=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/libtoolize
-    fi
-
-    if [ -f $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/automake ]; then
-      export AUTOMAKE=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/automake
-      export ACLOCAL_DIR=$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/share/aclocal
-      export ACLOCAL="$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/aclocal -I $ACLOCAL_DIR"
-    fi
-
-    if [ -f $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/autoconf ]; then
-      export AUTOCONF=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/autoconf
-      export AUTOHEADER=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/autoheader
-      export AUTORECONF="$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/autoreconf -v -f -i -I $ACLOCAL_DIR"
-    fi
-
   # set CMAKE configfile for target
     export CMAKE_CONF=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/etc/cmake-$TARGET_NAME.conf