diff --git a/sdk_lib/make_chroot.sh b/sdk_lib/make_chroot.sh
index bc9fade881..7cfb4d590f 100755
--- a/sdk_lib/make_chroot.sh
+++ b/sdk_lib/make_chroot.sh
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@ early_enter_chroot() {
 # the overhead of enter_chroot, and do not need access to the source tree,
 # don't need the actual chroot profile env, and can run the command as root.
 bare_chroot() {
-  chroot "${FLAGS_chroot}" "$@"
+  PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin" \
+    chroot "${FLAGS_chroot}" "$@"
 }
 
 cleanup() {